{"id":22265,"date":"2026-03-12T15:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/05_0053\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:39:14","slug":"05_0053","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanawa Bayashi Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats (yatai) parading through the town to the accompaniment of the bayashi (festival music). Said to originate in the late Heian period, it is counted as one of the &#8220;Three Great Bayashi Festivals of Japan.&#8221; The &#8220;Ekimae Gy\u014dji&#8221; (Station Front Event), where the floats from $10text{ districts}$ gather, is a must-see.This festival is designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats (yatai) parading through the town to the accompaniment of the bayashi (festival music). Said to originate in the late Heian period, it is counted as one of the &#8220;Three Great Bayashi Festivals of Japan.&#8221; The &#8220;Ekimae Gy\u014dji&#8221; (Station Front Event), where the floats from $10text{ districts}$ gather, is a must-see.This festival is designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1304],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-akita"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hanawa Bayashi Festival | V-Trip Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hanawa Bayashi Festival | V-Trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"V-Trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T06:39:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ogp.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"V-trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"V-trip Japan\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"V-trip Japan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\"},\"headline\":\"Hanawa Bayashi Festival\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T06:39:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/\"},\"wordCount\":96,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Akita\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/\",\"name\":\"Hanawa Bayashi Festival | V-Trip Japan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T06:39:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hanawa Bayashi Festival\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"V-Trip Japan\",\"description\":\"See Japan Before You Go.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"V-Trip Japan\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png\",\"width\":513,\"height\":513,\"caption\":\"V-Trip Japan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\",\"name\":\"V-trip Japan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"V-trip Japan\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hanawa Bayashi Festival | V-Trip Japan","description":"The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hanawa Bayashi Festival | V-Trip Japan","og_description":"The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats","og_url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/","og_site_name":"V-Trip Japan","article_published_time":"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-19T06:39:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ogp.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"V-trip Japan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"V-trip Japan"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/"},"author":{"name":"V-trip Japan","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5"},"headline":"Hanawa Bayashi Festival","datePublished":"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T06:39:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/"},"wordCount":96,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Akita"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/","name":"Hanawa Bayashi Festival | V-Trip Japan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T06:39:14+00:00","description":"The Hanawa Bayashi Festival is dedicated as a ritual performance for Yuki Inari Shrine, the local tutelary deity of Hanawa. It features splendid floats","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0053\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hanawa Bayashi Festival"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/","name":"V-Trip Japan","description":"See Japan Before You Go.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization","name":"V-Trip Japan","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png","width":513,"height":513,"caption":"V-Trip Japan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5","name":"V-trip Japan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"V-trip Japan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27750,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22265\/revisions\/27750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}