“Oji Dengaku”in Oji shrine 2025

Experience one of Japan’s most treasured ritual dances, passed down for over 700 years. Accompanied by the gentle rhythms of taiko drums and flutes, children wearing bright flower hats move gracefully, while noble warriors evoke the spirit of ancient times.
Unlike typical dengaku dances that pray for good harvests, this performance carries a distinctive wish: to protect the community from misfortune through powerful, ceremonial movement. A tradition of resilience, woven through generations.