Tokyo → Akita in February to see the Namahage festival, one or the World heritage intangible culture sites in Japan.
✿Interesting story of the Namahage:
Namahage are demon like beings which are said to come down from the mountains once a year in February. They go to the town and come into the houses and take the bad children back to the mountains. In this town, each year the single men in the town dress like the Namahage and go to houses with children and scare the children 😅 It’s supposed to make the children behave better this year! They are given Japanese sake at each house and talk with the parents, then as the night goes on and on they become quite tipsy😂
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