Answer: Part of the annual Hassaku festival at Matsuo-taisha Shrine, which was founded in 701 and is one of Japan's oldest shrines. It's dedicated to the god of water and has copious turtle statues and fountains. The rare form of dance is obviously related to Chinese lion dancing, but with a greater emphasis on acrobatics and with only two people in the costume. There was also a cool part at the end when a man dressed in a gold costume kind of like some kind of spider came out and battled with the lion, even shooting out jets of white streamers like webs to entangle its green foe.
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