小川鹿踊

明治15年から16年に甲子村社（洞泉神社）の祭典の際、小川集落には特別な芸能が無いために下回り役ばかりさせられていることに苦慮し、以前から交流のあった遠野郷上郷村火尻（森の下）集落に伝えられている鹿踊の習得のため三名の若者を派遣し６ヶ月間農作業を手伝う傍らそれぞれ笛、太鼓、踊の習得に励み小川に持ち帰りその後小川集落の若者達が集まり集落ぐるみの練習に取り組み現在まで継承されています。 
小川鹿踊は優雅な中に野に遊ぶ鹿達の姿が表現され当時この集落にも多く生息していたという鹿と住民との結びつきが伺えます。 

The people of Ogawa community, who had no special performing arts of their own, were frustrated at being assigned only minor roles during the festivals of Kasshison Shrine (Dosen Shrine). In 1882-1883, they sent three young men to the Hijiri (Morinoshita) community in Kamigo Village, Tono, with which they had long had ties, to learn their Shishiodori. While helping with farm work for six months, each of them diligently practiced the flute, drum, and dance, and brought their skills back to Kogawa. Subsequently, the young people of Kogawa gathered and engaged in community-wide practice, which has been passed down to the present day. Kogawa Shishiodori elegantly depicts the playful movements of deer in the fields, reflecting the strong bond between residents and the deer that once thrived throughout the village.