2456Hibiki Rice TerracesHibiki Rice Terraces3Hoze Festival (Hachiman Shrine)Hoze Festival (Hachiman Shrine)1Myotsu TempleMyotsu TempleStanding wooden statue of the Standing wooden statue of the 11-faced Kannon (Haga Temple)11-faced Kannon (Haga Temple)Tsuruga Festival Tsuruga Festival (Kehi Shrine)(Kehi Shrine)Shingu Shrine Festival (Takahama Town)Sakichi Shrine Festival (Takahama Town)Seikai Shrine Autumn Festival (Takahama Town)Kanegasaki Shrine (Ofuna Asobi Kangen Festival)(Tsuruga City)Ofuna Asobi KangenOfuna Asobi KangenMatsuriMatsuriSeptemberThe month when nights seem longOctoberThe month when the gods are absentNovemberThe month when frost starts to formEarly SeptemberHassaku Festival (Mihama Town)2nd-15thMid-SeptemberHoze Festival (Obama City)Mid-SeptemberSumo Jinku Songs (Tsuruga City)Mid-SeptemberAkasaki Lionʼs Dance (Tsuruga City)Tsuruga Festival (Tsuruga City)village shrines as well as the majestic temples have been preserved by them as places of worship and passed down to the present. We suggest making visits to them in the pristine scenery of Japan decorated with yellow and red autumn colors. Around the 10thOnyu Festival (Obama City)14th12th & 13th17th20th6th20thStart of the Echizen Crab fishing season(Tsuruga City, Obama City, etc.)Rice cracker roast (Tsuruga City)❶Wakasa has strong ties to the capital and contains many temples. Because no major battles were fought there, it still has old temples and Buddhist statues from olden times. Some of them have been designated as national treasures and important cultural properties. ➋The Buddhist statues of Wakasa were created under the influence of those in Nara and Kyoto, and still survive today. They are numerous and of diverse types. Their appearance bespeaks their long history. ❸The festival has the participation of 24 neighborhoods. It is held in 12 neighborhoods one year and the other 12 in the next. Besides omikoshi (portable shrines), it features four types of performances: dashi (floats) (with musical accompaniment), kagura dancing (with taiko drumming), bofuri-taiko (stick-swinging drumming), and sanbiki shishimai (three-lion dancing). This is the biggest autumn festival in the Wakasa area. ❹Called the “Kehi Long Festival,” this festival lasts for two weeks. Participants pull six floats and carry portable shrines around the districts whose residents are parishioners of the shrine. ❺The Ofuna Asobi Kangen Festival derives from the story about a prince of the Southern Court who boarded a boat on Tsuruga Bay with a company of musicians to admire the autumn colors and evening moon. ➏Terraced rice fields stretch out along the coast of Wakasa Bay, and make for a beautiful contrast with the sea. The scenery here is lovely in any season.AutumnThe people of Wakasa believe in a rich and genial nature. This belief dovetails with Buddhism and nurtured their faith. The little
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