At Karo’s Nakizumo Festival, babies are brought into the sumo ring and coaxed to cry – a seemingly comic rite rooted in the old belief that loud tears bring health, strength, and good fortune.
Tottori
Tottori Shan-Shan Festival
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.