Photo Special: Rice-harvesting Shinto festival held in Hokkaido town

Photo Special: Rice-harvesting Shinto festival held in Hokkaido town – The Mainichi

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Shinto shrine officials head to a sacred rice field in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, ahead of a rice-harvesting festival on Sept. 2, 2025. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama)

A kagura performance is seen during the

Harvested rice stalks are offered to the Hokkaido Shrine deities during the

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A Sanjo kagura performance is seen during the

Harvested rice stalks are being hung on a rice drying rack during the

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