Mihara Yassa — the procession

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Mihara, Hiroshima · AugustCostume, lodging & dance lesson included · from ¥38,000

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every festival has a story.

We record the world's vanishing festivals, travel to them, and light them again. Your visit becomes next year's record.

247festivals vanishing this year

12archived so far

38revived this year

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Mihara Yassa Matsuri

広島県三原市 · Aug

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Busojaras

モハーチ・ハンガリー · Feb

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シェトランド・英国 · Jan

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Kokuseki-ji Somin-sai

Somin-sai · 岩手・日本

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Hata Matsuri

Hata · 静岡・日本

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Busojaras

Busojaras · モハーチ・ハンガリー

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Krampuslauf

Krampuslauf · チロル・オーストリア

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Gerewol

Gerewol · ニジェール

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How it works

Record it. Open it. Let participation sustain it.

01 — Record

We capture each festival's movements, sounds, and craft in layered detail — a body of living heritage that can be revived even if its bearers are lost.

02 — Open

Curated with the preservation society and certified partners, and published as a world-facing archive and map. The festival keeps the reins.

03 — Participation sustains it

Most of each visitor's fee returns to the preservation society, funding the next round of recording and transmission.