Kashima Jingu rice planting festival
Bountiful harvest! Kashima Jingu's rice planting festival
The rice planting festival (Otaue-sai) is a festival praying for a bountiful harvest of grains, where adorable young girls dressed in red sashes gracefully perform rice planting dances. In a special venue set up in front of the shrine, the girls dance charmingly to the sounds of flutes and drums.
Kashima Shrine
About 15 minutes from the Itako IC on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway
About a 10-minute walk from Kashima Jingu Station on the JR Kashima Line and the Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line
- Date & Time
- 5/1(Thu)～ 13:00～
- Note
- Yabusame ceremony will be held after the rice planting festival.
- Venue
- Kashima Shrine
- Address
- 2306-1 Miyanaka, Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture
- parking
- Paid parking (60 spaces in the first parking lot) (55 spaces in the second parking lot), there are also private paid parking lots in the vicinity.
- Access
- About 15 minutes from the Itako IC on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway
- Access (Public)
- About a 10-minute walk from Kashima Jingu Station on the JR Kashima Line and the Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line
- Contact
- 0299-82-1209 （Kashima Shrine Office）
