This is the spring festival of Hiyoshi Shrine, and is the largest float festival in the Kosai region. Currently, the eve festival is held on May 5rd, the main festival on the 3th, and the after-festival on the 4th. Five floats, Minato, Tomoe, Takara, Isami, and Ryo, are carried out from the five districts of Katsuno. The floats of each group are different in size, but all have coffered ceilings, lacquered floors and latticed rafters, black painted latticed beams, and vermilion painted faces. Each of these floats is decorated with a gorgeous tent, body curtain, and farewell curtain, and the design of each float is questionable. The Tomoe group's float is particularly rare and is considered the oldest in that the pillars at the four corners can be raised and lowered, and the entire roof can be raised and lowered. Each float is paraded around the town to the accompaniment of drums and gongs in accordance with ancient customs. Five floats are lined up and paraded around the town in a set order. The first float is called Hanayama and is pulled around to the accompaniment of drums and gongs.
Every year on May 5rd (Yoimiya), the offering of hot water takes place from around 3am, followed by the offering of 11 lanterns at 7pm, during which the Yoimiya Festival begins. The spectacle of the floats being pulled around with lanterns adorned on them at Yoimiya is the most spectacular and beautiful. On the 4th (Main Festival), the shrine holds its annual festival. At around 10am, the floats depart in front of the Somon Gate and head to the shrine, where a ceremony to transfer the divine spirits is held. In Hanayama-cho, rice cakes are thrown from the floats to the visitors to celebrate the safe completion of the ritual.
The Omizo Festival is said to have originated from the Ise Ueno Hikiyama Festival. In 58, it was designated as a prefectural intangible folk cultural asset.
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- 2166 Katsuno, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture
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- Omizo Waterfront Landscape Urban Planning Council Secretariat TEL: 0740-36-2011
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- Approximately 10 minutes walk from JR Omi-Takashima Station
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Important Cultural Landscape Facility "Omizo Jinya Main Gate"
1688 Katsuno, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture
The main gate of Omizo Jinya is a structure related to the Jinya…
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During the Edo period (1619), he was transferred from Ueno Castle in Ise...
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