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<Inukko Matsuri 2019> Yuzawa City, Akita, Japan.
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About Inukko Matsuri / いぬっこ祭りについて
Inukko is Akita dialect of Dog. Matsuri means Festival.
According to like a legend: about 400 years ago, robbers attacked people in Yuzawa and dogs repelled them. Since then, people in Yuzawa have enshrined dogs as winter festival.
The snow shrine is for them.
More info; Please visit Yuzawa City HP
http://www.city-yuzawa.jp/kanko01/686.html
<Inukko Matsuri 2019> Yuzawa City, Akita, Japan.
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About Inukko Matsuri / いぬっこ祭りについて
Inukko is Akita dialect of Dog. Matsuri means Festival.
According to like a legend: about 400 years ago, robbers attacked people in Yuzawa and dogs repelled them. Since then, people in Yuzawa have enshrined dogs as winter festival.
The snow shrine is for them.
More info; Please visit Yuzawa City HP
http://www.city-yuzawa.jp/kanko01/686.html