Kinshuko Kawajiri General Park Iris Garden

Sakamoto Shrine Kagura dedication

The Maegō Summer Festival, a festival held at Sakamoto Shrine in August, is a lively event with Sakamoto Kagura offerings, Bon dances, night stalls, and more. Sakamoto Kagura is a form of Yamabushi-style Kagura that has been passed down at Sakamoto Shrine, and legend has it that the Shinto priest Takahashi Uuchi invited Kagura master Zensuke from Fujine, Waga District, to learn it in 1859. It is said that of the 36 performances of Yamabushi Kagura, 12 were handed down to Sakamoto, and 12 each to Fujine and Iwasaki. Date: Early August

Hekishoji Museum

Located within the precincts of Hekishoji Temple, which has a history of 350 years, more than 10,000 items including ethnic materials are on display. Sawauchi is said to be a village founded by Matagi, and has its own customs and beliefs. The museum exhibits valuable items such as tools used during the snowy season, which can be said to be the fruit of the wisdom of people who have lived a strong life in the harsh environment. Matagi Storage, dugout canoe (nationally designated important tangible ethnic cultural property), Snow Country Living Tools Museum

bentenjima

There is an island created by nature in the middle of the clear stream of the Waga River. The scenery is beautiful and it is often visited by photographers and anglers. The island is approximately 1,500 square meters in size, and there is a shrine in the center called ``Itsukushima Shrine.'' The view from the downstream of this island is spectacular and eye-catching in all seasons. ing.