影法師の行列
The Procession of Silhouettes
JLPT N1 · 5 min
In a mountain village, a young folklorist investigates an ancient nocturnal ritual where villagers walk in silence holding paper lanterns, discovering the thin line between reality and legend.
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民俗学者の颯太は、過疎化が進む山間の集落に伝わる「影送り」の儀礼を調査するため、深い霧に包まれた古民家を訪れた。地元の人々が固く口を閉ざすその祭礼は、秋の満月の夜にだけ、音もなく執り行われるという。
Souta, a folklorist, visited an old private house shrouded in thick mist to investigate the 'Kageokuri' ritual passed down in a depopulated mountain village. It is said that this festival, about which the locals keep strictly silent, is held soundlessly only on the night of the autumn full moon.