About this event
Ama no Iwato Kagura, held at Matsuo Shrine in Tsurugi Town, Tokushima Prefecture, is a traditional Shinto ritual performing art handed down since the Edo period. It is performed based on the myth where the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami hid in the Heavenly Rock Cave until she was guided out through the prayers and sacred music and dances of the deities. Dedicated solemnly every year at the dawn of New Year's Day to the sound of drums and flutes, this kagura is considered rare in the prefecture because dancers wear masks. In addition, year-end toshikoshi soba noodles and sacred omiki sake are served by the Hashikita Wakaren youth group, making it a special event to celebrate the beginning of the new year.
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Matsuo Daimyojin Shrine
Sadamitsumachi, Tsurugi-cho, Mima-gun, Tokushima 779-4101
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