Festival participants in Japanese folk masks lead a procession of dancers down from the shrine. This mask has two names, Otafuku and Okame. Otafuku literally means "Much Good Fortune", and Okame means "Tortoise", also a lucky symbol for long life. Otafuku represents a lovely, always smiling Japanese woman who brings happiness and good fortune to any man she marries. She is also known as the Goddess of Mirth. Behind her is the Pinnocchio-nosed Tengu. Tengu are some of the oldest mythological "deities" in Japan. They inhabit trees, are good swordsmen, and are fond of playing tricks on human beings. Being part bird and part man, they have wings and large noses or "beaks" . Nowadays, long-nose Tengu find their way into many local Matsuri festivals, as a phallic symbol indicative of fertility and good harvest.

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おかめ

Akame ga kill

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