Among events of Yoshuku Geino (Preliminary Celebration), Taasobi (ritual Shinto performance to pray for a good rice-crop for the year) handed down in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo and Hanazono no Ondamai (the rice field dance in Hanazono) performed in Hanazono, Katsuragi-cho, Wakayama Prefecture (both being designated as Important Intangible Property of Folk Culture) retain the old forms as an event held at New Year or Lunar New Year.
予祝芸能行事としては、東京都板橋区にのこる板橋の田遊びや和歌山県かつらぎ町花園の花園の御田舞（ともに重要無形民俗文化財）が、年頭や小正月におこなわれるものとしては古い形態をよくとどめている。