MATSURI: The Heartbeat of Japan

MATSURI: The Heartbeat of Japan

11.8. 22:15
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
10 minutes

Inami Shishimai is a type of lion dance performed in Toyama Prefecture. Adults play the role of the shishi while a child is the shishi-tori, whose job is to pacify the shishi with sacred objects.

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Inami Shishimai is a type of lion dance performed in Toyama Prefecture. Adults play the role of the shishi while a child is the shishi-tori, whose job is to pacify the shishi with sacred objects.