Question: How many inhabit the city where the important intangible folk cultural manners and customs property Shōreisai Festival takes place ?

text: List of Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties
Designated cultural properties -- Manners and customs
70 designations . All were designated under Criteria 1 . This includes all but one [ nb 6 ] of the 33 festivals in the UNESCO Intangible cultural heritage Yama , Hoko , Yatai , float festivals in Japan . [ nb 7 ] [ 90 ]
This is a list of 318 Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan.
Name Date Remarks Location
Pilgrimage to Mount Iwaki ( 岩木山の登拝行事 , iwakisan no tohai gyōji ) End of the 7th month - 15th day of 8th month Collective climbing of Mount Iwaki by local people praying for safety and in gratitude of the harvest Hirosaki , Aomori
Hirosaki Neputa ( 弘前のねぷた , hirosaki no neputa ) August 1-7 Parade of fan-shaped paper nebuta floats decorated with historical or legendary figures and accompanied by flutes and taiko Hirosaki , Aomori
Aomori Nebuta ( 青森のねぶた , aomori no nebuta ) } August 2-7 Parade of nebuta floats decorated with historical or legendary figures and accompanied by flutes , taiko drums and Obon dances . The festival is said to commemorate Sakanoue no Tamuramaro and together with the Akita Kantō and the Sendai Tanabata festival , it is one of the three great festivals in Tohoku Aomori , Aomori
Floats of the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai ( 八戸三社大祭の山車行事 , hachinohe sansha taisai no dashi gyōji ) August 1-3 Festival of three shrines : Ogami ( 霊神社 ) , Shinra ( 新羅神社 ) , and Shinmei ( 神明宮 ) , with a procession of 27 floats and mikoshi accompanied by lion dances , masked warriors and people in traditional garb representing legendary or mythical characters Hachinohe , Aomori
Murone Jinja festival Matsuriba rites ( 室根神社祭のマツリバ行事 ) 17th-19th day of the 9th month Parishioners of 7 towns and villages carry mikoshi from the shrine and place them on a scaffolding structure at a temporary shrine where various dances are performed Ichinoseki , Iwate
Floats of the Hanawa Matsuri ( 花輪祭の屋台行事 , hanawa matsuri no yatai gyōji ) August 19 , 20 Joined event of Saiwaiinari Shrine ( 幸稲荷神社 ) and Hanawa Shinmeisha shrine ( 花輪神明社 ) in which 10 festival floats are paraded through town accompanied by music Hanawa , Kazuno , Akita
Floats of the Kakunodate Matsuri ( 角館祭りのやま行事 , kakunodate matsuri no yama gyōji ) < September 7-9 Procession of floats with kabuki styled dolls , hayashi music and dance at a festival with origins in the 17th century Kakunodate , Akita
Akita Kantō ( 秋田の竿灯 , akita no kantō ) August 5-7 Parade of more than 200 long bamboo poles ( kantō ) carrying 46 paper lanterns each . Together with the Aomori Nebuta and the Sendai Tanabata festival , one of the three great festivals in Tohoku Akita , Akita
Floats of Tsuchizaki Shinmeishasai ( 土崎神明社祭の曳山行事 , tsuchizaki shinmeisha-sai no hikiyama gyōji ) July 20-21 Parade of mikoshi and 20 festival floats with almost life-sized dolls representing characters or scenes of historical narratives . The floats are provided by the neighborhoods Akita , Akita
The ritual of the tōnin ( 東湖八坂神社のトウニン（統人）行事 , tōkoyasaka jinja tōnin gyōji ) | Various dates ( Jan 6 , March 24-25 , June 20 , 24-28 , July 1-8 , December 7 ) with the main event on July 7 Apart from a parade of floats the festival is particularly noted for ushinori where a man dressed as Susanoo-no-Mikoto rides a cow through the streets and for kumo mai ( spider dance ) in which a man dressed in red does somersaults on a platform on a fishing boat in the harbor Katagami , Akita
Shōreisai Festival Ōtaimatsu event ( 松例祭の大松明行事 , shōreisai no ōtaimatsu gyōji ) December 31 and January 1 New Year fire festival in which large torches ( ōtaimatsu ) are lit and the state of burning is said to predict the year 's harvest and catch Dewa Sanzan , Tsuruoka , Yamagata
Floats of the Shinjō Matsuri ( 新庄まつりの山車行事 , shinjō matsuri no yatai gyōji ) August 24-26 Festival initiated in 1756 during the Great famine of the Hōreki era by Tozawa Masanobu , head of the Shinjō Domain in order to raise the spirits of the people and to pray for abundant harvest . The floats from each of 21 towns are characterised by their gaudy decorations and life size figures . The parade is accompanied by flutes , cymbals , drums and shamisen music Shinjō , Yamagata
Kanazawa Hayama Gomori ( 金沢の羽山ごもり , kanazawa no hayama gomori ) 16th-18th day of the 11th month Event related to Hayama no Kami in which after purification , local men climb Hayama where they receive the kami 's oracle Fukushima , Fukushima
Tajima Gion Festival Otōya ritual ( 田島祇園祭のおとうや行事 , tajima gion matsuri no otōya gyōji ) July 18-21 Festival held to drive away disease-inducing spirits . The festival includes various events such as a procession of young brides accompanied by hayashi , children kabuki on four floats , daidai kagura and the carrying of mikoshi Minamiaizu , Fukushima
Aizu rice planting festival ( 会津の御田植祭 , aizu no otaue matsuri ) July 2 ( Keitokumachi ) and July 12 ( Takada ) Rice planting festival as a prayer for abundant harvest held at Inari Shrine , Keitokumachi and at Isasumi Shrine Keitokumachi Kitakata and Takada Aizumisato , Fukushima
Hitachi-Ōtsu Ofune ( boat ) festival ( 常陸大津の御船祭 , hitachi ōtsu no ofune matsuri ) May 2-3 , every 5 years Spring festival of Sawawachigi Shrine in which a mikoshi is placed on a real fishing boat ( dimensions : 14 m × 2.6 m × 3.8 m ( 45.9 ft × 8.5 ft × 12.5 ft ) and 7 t ( 6.9 long tons ; 7.7 short tons ) ) and paraded through town by 300 men , praying for a good catch and maritime safety Kitaibaraki , Ibaraki
Hitachi Float Procession ( 日立風流物 , hitachi furyū-mono ) May 3-5 The grand festival of Kamine Shrine in which four community create floats that serve as multi-level puppet theatre for karakuri puppets . Its floats have been designated as Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property Minamiaizu , Ibaraki
Karasuyama Yamaage Festival ( 烏山の山あげ行事 , karasuyama no yamaage gyōji ) Friday , Saturday and Sunday around fourth Saturday in July Dating back to 1560 when the daimyō of Shimotsuke Province enshrined Gozu-Tennō in Yakumo Shrine to stem a disease . The festival is characterised by a display of festival floats ( yatai ) , and various entertainments such as sumo , shishi kagura , and most notably outdoor performances of kabuki and dances of young girls . These are performed at various stages along the road when some of the stages include a mountain theme , giving rise to the name of the festival : ageyama meaning literally raised mountain Nasukarasuyama , Tochigi
Floats of Kanuma Imamiya Shrine ( 鹿沼今宮神社祭の屋台行事 , kanuma imamiya jinja-sai no yatai gyōji ) Second weekend in October Procession of 20 yatai festival floats accompanied by music and dance Kanuma , Tochigi
Hokkōji rice eating ceremony ( 発光路の強飯式 , Hokkōji no gōhanshiki ) January 3 Compulsory rice eating as part of the Hokkōji Myōken Shrine festival.c Kanuma , Tochigi