Report

On this page, I report the annual event, history, and geography about Kaseda. For example, about Windup Doll Which Runs by Water Wheel, A Dragon and Tug of War of the Night with a Full Moon. And then, I report the Small City Ranking in Japan, etc.

• The fire festival on January 7
  Onibitaki is one of the New Year events of Kagoshima. In Kaseda, people call it Oneppo etc. It is the big fire festival performed at a river side or a crossing. This has the meaning of a talisman.
• God which springs
  The story in January or February. The traditional festival of Ise God in Kaseda. In this city, we call this god a Oisedon, a Oisesan, or Oisesama. And, the festival of this god is called an Ise-kou.
• A Contact to Nature in Spring
  We play cherry blossom viewing in spring. It is contact to nature. Moreover, we meet also with a spirit named Kappa.
• Rice planting of a sand hill
  A Bansei and Kominato are sand hill zones. There is fields. People conquered serious difficulties and have continued agricultural work.
• The Thief Spider of May
  1. Folk belief about spider.
  2. Boy's festival's story. Carp streamers are hoisted on a pole. But some community people don't hoist that by a legend.
• The vestiges of a sea way
  The story in June. About the shipowner of the Kaseda Bansei, and the marine transportation business of Hyuga Mimitsu.
• Windup Doll Which Runs by Water Wheel
  The story in July. About the windup doll using the water wheel in the summer festival of Kagoshima.
• Typhoon and the Nest of a Bee
  The story in August. In Kaseda, people think that it becomes the year with many typhoons, if the nest of a bee is made in the lower one. I report the common superstition of the weather.
• A Dragon and Tug of War of the Night with a Full Moon
  The story in September. Kaseda has tug of war of two kinds of night with a full moon called a tsunahiki and a tsunahikizuri. The tsunahikizuri rope drag of the night with a full moon in Kaseda.
• 50 years of a Drum Dance
  The autumn festival of Kagoshima is called Hoze. I report the traditional drum dance of this festival. This drum dance (it is called Taiko Odori or Hozeodori) resembles South Korean tradition entertainments.
• Maps and Traditional Culture of the City of Kaseda
• Small City Ranking in Japan

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