Takengei
takengei 竹ン芸 japanese autumn festival performance currently held wakamiya inari jinja shrine nagasaki city since officially registered part japan’s folk intangible patrimony takengei annual twoday event organized october two meter high bamboo pole erected inside sanctuary called “male bamboo” 男竹 “female bamboo” 女竹 accompanied traditional drum flute shamisen two people white garb kitsune mask climb pole declare love top bamboo also accomplish kind acrobatic performance end fox top male bamboo throw around small rice cake mochi pull pocket garb chicken let fly ground eventually fox go pole spectacular slide festival first performed dedicated yaoyamachi 八百屋町 locality nagasaki kunchi held suwa shrine performance continued annually major fire destroyed much suwa shrine dedication ceremony november takengei dedicated wakamiyainarijinja continues performed every year october