Spring
The Sakura Festival
The Sakura Festival of Kakunodate
Blossoms dancing through the castle town of Kakunodate
Kakunodate, the town of cherry trees
A faint re...
Summer
The Sasara Dance
The Sasara Dance of Kakunodate
“Sasara” is the local dialect for the traditional Lion Dance. The name comes from the sasara – wo...
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Festivals of Kakunodate
Following 350 years of tradition, the three days of September 7th through 9th are the festivals of the Shinmei and Yakushido shrines.
Young men pul...
Winter
Hiburi Kamakura
Hiburi Kamakura (Fire and Snow Festival)
One of Kakunodate’s trademark festivals, held every year at the lunar New Year on February 13 and 1...