Hanawabayashi Festival
The Hanawabayashi is a traditional musical performance offered as part of the yearly festival at Saiwaiinari-jinja Shrine, long revered as the area's guardian shrine. The Hanawabayashi is designated at a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property as well as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. During the festival, the town is enwrapped in an energetic atmosphere; main stalls or dolls ones, lavish parade floats decorated with lacquer and gold dust weave through the streets accompanied by Hanawabayashi music.