About this event
The Nifune Festival, a ritual ceremony of Ama Kazukime Shrine, is a traditional festival in which five young men board each of two boats to compete in a rowing race to divine that year's catch. This festival takes place at Ama Kazukime Shrine in Kuzakicho, with the boat race held in the afternoon at Maenohama beach. The Nifune Festival is an important ritual praying for bountiful local catches, and the heroic boat rowing passed down since ancient times moves all who visit. A key charm is this unique local custom where the year's fish harvest is divined by the race's outcome.
Source website (Japanese) ↗Venue
Ama Kazukime Shrine
312 Kuzakicho, Toba, Mie 517-0031
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