13th Horseback Riding Experience

About this event

The '13th Horseback Riding Experience' will be held at Oarahiko Shrine in Shinasahi-cho, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture. In this event, visitors can experience horseback riding along the shrine approach where festival horses and yabusame (horseback archery) run. On the day, a horse costume dressing workshop will be held from 10:00, where participants can learn about horse saddling and tacking (Japanese saddles and fitting horse costumes). In addition, from 14:00, led horseback riding courses and riding practice courses will be offered, allowing participants to take a ride along the shrine approach. The horse costume workshop is free for Oarahiko Shrine parishioners and 1,500 yen for the general public. The led horseback riding course can be joined for 1,500 yen. The event will proceed in light rain, but will be cancelled in severe weather. The organizers are the Takashima Horse Festival Traditional Culture Heritage Society and the Shichikawa Festival Yabusame Preservation Society Hachikishu.

Venue

Oarahiko Shrine

844 Yasugawa, Shinasahi-cho, Takashima, Shiga 520-1533