Annual spring festival dedicated to traditional kagura at earthquake-damaged shrine. Ozuka Shrine in Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture was built about 230 years ago.
It suffered damage during the Great East Japan Earthquake, with the shrine building leaning over. About 60 people gathered, including returning residents and people who had rushed from their evacuation sites. Nine parishioners who returned to the town participated in Kagura for the first time, performing a lion dance to the sound of light flutes and powerful drums.