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Lucky Foxes on the March: Akita Festivals Gathers About 100 Participants in Masks and Makeup

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

15:34 JST, October 30, 2025

AKITA — An event in which people disguised themselves as foxes using masks or makeup and marched through town was held on Oct. 11 along the Torimachi shopping street in Akita City. The festival, called Shofuku-gitsune no Gyoretsu (March of foxes inviting luck), is meant to bring luck.

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