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Waka matsuri 和歌祭 (わかまつり) Waka festival
Wakanoura matsuri 和歌浦祭（わかのうらまつり） Waka no Ura festival
..... saiga matsuri 雑賀祭（さいがまつり) Saiga festival
..... saiga odori 雑賀踊（さいがおどり） Saiga dance


Wakamizu　若水 "young water" First water drawn from the well on New Year's morning and related kigo
..... first water, hatsumizu 初水
..... first well, waka-i 若井
..... blessed water, fukumizu 福水
New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea (fukucha)　


Wakana o kuusu, offering fresh greens 若菜を供す
similar to nanakusa, seven herbs of spring
..... wakano no sechi-e 若菜の節会（わかなのせちえ）
..... picking fresh greens, wakana tsumi 若菜摘 わかなつみ
fresh greens, "young greens", wakana 若菜（わかな）
first fresh greens, hatsu wakana 初若菜（はつわかな）
field with fresh greens, wakana no 若菜野（わかなの）
boat transporting fresh greens, wakana bune 若菜舟（わかなぶね）、
day of fresh greens, wakana no hi 若菜の日（わかなのひ）
..... selling fresh greens, 若菜売（わかなうり）
..... selling sheperd's purse, nazuna uri なずなうり
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wakana matsuri 若菜祭 (わかなまつり) "festival of new leaves"
nanakusa matsuri 七草祭（ななくさまつり）"festival of the seven vegetables"
..... 七種祭（ななくさまつり）
wakana shinji 若菜神事（わかなしんじ）ritual of the seven vegetables


Wakasa no O-Mizu okuri 若狭のお水送り, Sendig off Water Ceremony at Wakasa
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Water-Drawing and Pine-Torch Ceremony at Temple Nigatsu-Do, Nara
O-Mizutori, Omizutori, お水取り） a part of the Monks Training Rituals, Shuni-E 修二会, Todaiji Temple Nara

waraji matsuri わらじまつり festival of the huge straw sandals
Fukushima


Warauma hiki 藁馬曳, 藁馬曳き (わらうまひき) pulling a straw horse
On february 8 . wara-uma hiki


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