In the 1960s, Kurokawa's historic nō tradition, as theatre and festival, came under the spotlight of the Japanese public. Advertised as 'secret nō of the snow country' it soon became one of the most well-known and long-studied folk performing arts traditions. That a secluded village isolated by mountainous country around it should have developed and sustained a high cultural entertainment such as nō theatre and integrated it into Shinto shrine festivals, prompted considerable interest among folklore scholars, theatre researchers, politicians, and tourists alike. Even today...