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Yokote City Tourism Promotion Organization© Yokote City Tourism Promotion Organization

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横手市駅前町5-1 横手駅東口観光案内所内
TEL 0182-38-8652・8653 /
FAX 0182-38-8663

Nishiki water fog

  • Nishiki water fog
  • Nishiki water fog

    Overview

    It is a traditional event that is supposed to be the beginning of the first year of the Baekjo (1751), the villagers pray for exploitation of plague, pray for rich fruit, take watercolor and make a trip of the Ox. It is a brave festival that young people go around on settlements wearing water tub water prepared by houses and will be held on the third Sunday morning of February.

    Schedules

    8: 30 ~ 10: 30 on the third Sunday in February

    Content

    There is not a person catching a cold

    On the eve of the festival, the young man keeps up at Atago Shrine and goes refreshed and waits for dawn to be exiled. After that, Ebisu bales followed by a priest, the young people of the Tabi bags who loosely naked, walking around the settlement while ringing the bell shells. In the middle of the house, prepare a hand-made pail with water at the roadside, young people wear the water and return to the shrine.
    When returning to the shrine, we undo the string of 'Warashi' which we wore and worship the shrine, we connect the strings of both straws and throw them into the trees of the precincts and hook them on the branches. Earlier in the morning, everyone brought a bottle of sake and a dish to a box. In addition, we clapped two applauds before Shinji walking, and we did this 33 times.
    Although it is an event in the cold as it may freeze in the snow, loincloth and straw freeze, it is said that there is no person catching a cold. Nashiki Asaga Kai is committed to preservation.

    There is not a person catching a cold

    Contact Form

    Yokote City Board of Education Cultural Property Protection Section
    TEL (+81)182-32-2403
    Yokote City Community Development Promotion Department Jumonji Area Division
    TEL (+81)182-42-5119