Kasama Inari Jinja

Événements et Festivals

Célébrations saisonnières et occasions spéciales

AVR.9

Major Annual Festival

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Kasama Inari's major annual festival is held on April 9, the shrine's legendary founding day. On that day, ritual offerings of incense ceremony and tea ceremony are made at the Hall of Worship, together with offerings of famous rice wines (sake) from more than seventy breweries located in Ibaraki Prefecture. Within the shrine precincts, exhibitions of flower arranging (ikebana) are presented by various Ohararyu, while outdoor tea ceremonies are performed by members of the Edo Senke, Omote Senke and Ura Senke schools of tea.

SEPT.23

Sansanku Tebasami Ritual

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In addition, the Ogasawara school also performs the sansanku tebasami ritual on the day of the autumnal equinox (September 23).

NOV.3

Yabusame

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This ceremonial form of equine archery is observed as a form of divination for the year's harvest - a subject with strong associations to the deity Inari. Each November 3, members of the Ogasawara school of mounted archery perform the rite at a special archery facility in accordance with ancient precedent ; the observance is one of the three major performance of yabusame in the Kanto Plain region. In addition, the Ogasawara school also performs the sansanku tebasami ritual on the day of the autumnal equinox (September 23).