Japan goals - the Kanazawa Dezome Shiki

I am currently out of Japan for an extended period. It has me reflecting on my life in Japan. All the things I've seen and done and all the things I've yet to see or do. High on my bucket list is to visit the Kanazawa Dezome Shiki. 

A Dezome Shiki is a fire department's new year celebration. They are celebrated in January annually, with January 6th the most common date. I go to one every year. The video attached to this post was taken at Kawagoe Dezome Shiki. (Unfortunately the video won't attach - you can see it here.) You can see firefighters performing ladder acrobats called hashigo nori.

The reason I want to go to the Kanazawa Dezome Shiki is because they have one of the largest and most impressive hashigo nori displays in all of Japan. I will be back in Japan in January 2026, maybe it will be the year I finally cross the Kanazawa Dezome Shiki off my Japan bucket list!