Matsuri Festivals
Manro Susano Shrine Festival
Mon, Nov 23, 2026 · Manro Susano Shrine, Tanabe · Wakayama
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Dates
- Mon, Nov 23, 2026
About this event
SummaryA traditional lion dance festival at Manro Susano Shrine featuring Tengu performers.
Highlights
• Tengu appear in sleeping lion and flower dance
• Performers hold bamboo offering and phallus-shaped stick
• Designated intangible folk cultural asset
Details
The festival at Manro Susano Shrine features a distinctive lion dance where Tengu, a mythical creature with a long nose and wings, appears in the ne-shishi (sleeping lion) and hana no mai (flower dance) performances. One Tengu holds a hana, a bamboo offering, while a figure called Otakufu holds a stick shaped like a male genitalia. Both figures dance and jump around the lion or engage in suggestive gestures. This performance is designated as an intangible folk cultural asset of Tanabe City.
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