Shiraishi-jima 白石島
Thirteen dances in thirteen costumes, all to the same music, on the sand in mid-August.
It can be reached in about 22 minutes by hydrofoil from Kasaoka port. It is the second-largest island in the Kasaoka archipelago and a national Place of Scenic Beauty (名勝). The Shiraishi Odori dance, which tradition traces back to a rite of consolation for those who fell in the Genpei War (12th century), is a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Okayama
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