Each August during Obon, thousands of dancers carrying jangling umbrellas sweep through central Tottori in choreographed waves, transforming the city into a shifting field of colour, bells, and collective rhythm.
Japanese Festival
Miya Festival
In Gamagori, the Miya Festival reaches its astonishing climax at the water’s edge, where decorated floats are hauled into the sea by teams of men straining against surf, weight, and ritual obligation.
Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Man Festival)
Held in Inazawa and rooted in rites once performed to drive off plague, the Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri draws thousands of nearly naked men into a punishing crush of cold, contact, and purification.