"Every year, from the 9th to the 12th of August, Kochi city erupts in a sea of music and dance as approximately 18,000 dances, as well as fans from other prefectures and countries, take to the streets to celebrate the energetic and powerful Yosakoi Festival."

- Kochi Guidebook

"In today's festival, a group of approximately 200 people wearing ancient costumes traverses three kilometers of mountain roads for six hours, dancing at five places along the way as they carry the deity in a portable shrine." - Kochi Guidebook

[February 11]

"This autumn festival, commonly called 'Omikoku-san,' begins before dawn on the 14th day of the 8th month of the old lunar calendar." - Kochi Guidebook

[The 14th and 15th days of the 8th month of the old lunar calendar]

"The Ino Daikoku deity is celebrated twice a year in the autumn and the spring." - Kochi Guidebook

[Spring - the Sunday before the 22nd day of the 1st month of the old lunar calendar. Autumn - the 23rd day of the 11th month of the old lunar calendar]