https://exotericjapan.com Deep Cuts of Japan for the Idly Curious Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:50:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://exotericjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-512px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog-1-32x32.jpg https://exotericjapan.com 32 32 https://exotericjapan.com/events/namahage-namahage-in-akita-prefecture-%e7%94%9f%e5%89%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%aa%e3%81%be%e3%81%af%e3%81%92%ef%bc%88%e7%a7%8b%e7%94%b0%ef%bc%89/ https://exotericjapan.com/events/namahage-namahage-in-akita-prefecture-%e7%94%9f%e5%89%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%aa%e3%81%be%e3%81%af%e3%81%92%ef%bc%88%e7%a7%8b%e7%94%b0%ef%bc%89/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 02:53:41 +0000 https://whatilikeaboutjapan.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=9564 Namahage is a cultural tradition in Akita prefecture that occurs on December 31st every year and is very similar to the Grumpus tradition around Austria.]]> https://exotericjapan.com/events/namahage-namahage-in-akita-prefecture-%e7%94%9f%e5%89%a5%e3%80%80%e3%81%aa%e3%81%be%e3%81%af%e3%81%92%ef%bc%88%e7%a7%8b%e7%94%b0%ef%bc%89/feed/ 0