Date/time:　　　Last Saturday and Sunday of February

Location:　　　　Honmachi area, Katsuyama City
Contact Info: 　Katsuyama Industrial Commerce and Tourism Division 　　　　　　0779-88-1111

Outline:
This is a type of local harvest festival, which was held many places on the lunar New Year (around January 15th) since the Heian period, but this festival is now held on the last Saturday and Sunday of February here in Katsuyama. Local neighborhoods build a few towers with stages in each neighborhood, and a group of men dressed as women in red kimonos make merry and perform to taiko drums, shamisen, Japanese traditional pipes and bells.

Date/time:　　　15-Feb

Location:　　　　Mizumi, Ikeda Town
Contact Info: 　Ikeda Town Tourism Section　　0778-44-8004

Outline:
Mizumi Dengaku and Noh Dances" started around 750 years ago when the Emperor's regent, Hojo Tokiyori, visited Mizumi village. The people of this village performed dengaku (rice-planting) dances to entertain Tokiyori, and he taught them how to perform Noh dances in return. Since then, this medieval art has been gracefully performed every February 15 at the Uama shrine.