Intangible Folk Cultural Properties Requiring Documentation of Shizuoka

Discover Inatori no Hammaasama, a nationally selected intangible folk cultural property in Higashiizu Town, Shizuoka. This small New Year fire festival blends Sengen mountain worship with the maritime folk customs of an Izu Peninsula fishing community.

Koina no Toramai is a rare tiger dance tradition in the fishing village of Koina, Minamiizu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture. Designated as a Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property, this dramatic performance adapts the tiger-hunting scene from Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1715 puppet play "The Battles of Coxinga." Performed on the eve of the harvest moon at a seaside stage, the dance features acrobatic tiger movements and a dramatic battle with the hero Watōnai. In bountiful harvest years, a dragon also appears for the spectacular Dragon-Tiger Dance.

A nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property preserved for over 400 years in a mountain village of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. This medieval dengaku-nō festival features thirteen ritual performances culminating in the spectacular Oni no Mai, where three masked demons strike blazing torches in darkness.