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Thirty-three traditional festivals in Japan have been added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list on Nov. 11, 2016.

A list of 33 float festivals registered as the intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.

1. The Hachinohe Sansha Festival (Hachinohe, Aomori)
2. The Kakunodate Festival Senboku (Akita, Akita)
3. The Tsuchizaki Shinmei Shrine Festival (Akita, Akita)
4. The Hanawa Festival (Kazuno, Akita)
5. The Shinjō Festival (Shinjō, Yamagata)
6. Hitachi Fūryūmono (Hitachi,Ibaraki)(*)
7. Karasuyama Yamaage (Nasukarasuyama,Tochigi)
8. The Kanuma lmamiya Shrine Festival (Kanuma, Tochigi)
9. The Chichibu Night Festival (Chichibu, Saitama)
10. The Kawagoe Hikawa Festival (Kawagoe, Saitama)
11. The Sawara Float Festival (Katori, Chiba)
12. The Takaoka Mikurumayama Festiva (Takaoka, Toyama)
13. The Uozu Tatemon Festival (Uozu, Toyama)
14. The Johana Hikiyama Festival (Nanto, Toyama)
15. The Seihaku Festival (Nanao, Ishikawa)
16. The Takayama Festival (Takayama, Gifu)
17. The Furukawa Festival (Hida, Gifu)
18. The Ōgaki Festival (Ōgaki, Gifu)
19. The Owari Tsushima Tennō Festival (Tsushima/Aisai, Aichi)
20. The Chiryū Festival (Chiryū, Aichi)
21. The Inuyama Festival (Inuyama, Aichi)
22. The Kamezaki Shiohi Festival (Handa, Aichi)
23. The Sunari Festival (Kanie, Aichi)
24. The Kujirabune Festival (Yokkaichi, Mie)
25. The Ueno Tenjin Festival (Iga, Mie)
26. The Ishidori Festival (Kuwana, Mie)
27. The Nagahama Hikiyama Festival (Nagahama, Shiga)
28. The Kyoto Gion Festival Yamahoko Parade (Kyoto, Kyoto)(*)
29. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (Fukuoka, Fukuoka)
30. The Tobata Gion Festival (Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka)
31. Karatsu Kunchi (Karatsu, Saga)
32. The Yatsushiro Myōken Festival (Yatsushiro, Kumamoto)
33. The Hita Gion Festival (Hita, Ōita)

(*) Registered in 2009 and re-registered with other 31 festivals as one group at this time.