About this event
This is a traditional festival held to pray for family safety and bountiful harvests. Events such as sacred dance offerings, troupe dances, and a large mochi-throwing ceremony are held. At the climax of the festival, led by sacred purification wands (oasa), a procession with karabitsu chests, takahari lanterns, sun banners, and moon banners accompanies the portable shrine (mikoshi) as it parades to the Sagahama Otabisho on the Kinokawa River. Originating around 1049 from the Niu Shrine built as the administrative office (Mandokoro) of Koya among 200 Niu shrines nationwide, this festival marks the day when tax exemption was granted as its origin. Historically, the portable shrine was once carried by fathers of baby boys born during the past year.
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Niu Kanshofu Shrine
835 Jison-in, Kudoyama, Ito District, Wakayama 648-0151
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