Namahage Masks｜Important Intangible Cultural Asset - Oga’s Namahage

*Approximately 60 Namahage masks are displayed in the Namahage Museum (Namahage-kan)*Some of those masks are not used in the events.*The pictures of the masks in each area are in the collections of Oga City and the Sea of Japan Cultural Research center and private.

Namahage in Oga Pamphlet

Download: Japanese edition

Download: English edition

Download: Russian edition

Download: Simplified Chinese character edition

Download: Original Chinese character edition

Download: Korean edition

■ The Namahage of Oga were designated as a significant intangible folk cultural asset of the country in 1978 using the name written in Katakana; however, the name is also written in Hiragana.

Inquiry　Oga Board of Education, Lifelong
　Learning Division Cultural Asset Team

Funagawa-aza-izumidai 66-1, Oga City, Akita, 010-0595, JAPAN.

Phone：0185-24-9103 / Fax：0185-24-9200
Email：kyouiku@city.oga.akita.jp

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