Inoue Shrine Festival

The deity of Inoue Shrine is Minakata-no-Kami, the water god. The founding date is unknown, but there is a building certificate from the second year of Kanpo (1742). The parishioners have performed rituals for rain when they faced water shortages since ancient times. Every year, on the first Sunday in July, a portable shrine that runs wild appears at the river's edge, but this was prohibited for women until this event was established. After the portable shrine, there will be a rice cake throwing ceremony and stalls run by local people.

Date & Time

7/6(Sun) 10:00～15:00

Note

The event will be held even if it rains. Around 10 AM - prayer (at the shrine), around 2 PM - the local youth will carry the portable shrine and enter the river (subject to change in time/content), around 2:30 PM - rice cake throwing. From 10 AM to around 3 PM, there will be stalls in front of Ono and Hinoyama Community Center selling goldfish scooping, yakisoba, yakitori, kakigori, frankfurters, etc.

Venue

Inoue Shrine

Address

Ono, Hibiwara, Kaiyo-cho, Kaifu-gun, Tokushima Prefecture

Access

From Awa Coast Railway Shishikui Station, head northeast, turn left at the blinking intersection, and it will take about 5 minutes via Prefectural Road 301 towards Kubo.

Access (Public)

Take the town bus from JR Mugi Line / Asa Tokusen Shishikui Station, get off at Ohno.

Contact

0884-76-3050 （Kaiyo Town Tourism Association）

URL

https://www.kaiyo-kankou.jp/event/event-954/