*This festival will not be held in 2024. It is a festival to pray for good health and good harvest, and was started in the first year of the Keio era. Starting with pounding rice cakes in front of the shrine office, dozens of young men from the city made a naked pilgrimage to the top of the mountain with torches in hand.After the purification festival to purify the inside and outside of the precincts, they threw chikara mochi and competed for Sominbukuro. do. A heroic traditional event featuring snow, fire, and nakedness, befitting a New Year's ritual.
- Venue
- 3-153 Yazawa, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture 025-0011
- Hours
- January 2nd every year
- Inquiries
- Hu Shio Shrine Office Phone number 0198-31-2768
