Hino Festival

It is held on April 4 every year at the spring festival of Hie Shrine. A few 20 beautiful trees called "Hoinobori", unique to Hino, are dedicated from each town, and it is a good thing to color the precincts in a gorgeous way. Under the color beautifully propped up on the square of the shrine, people from the town are invited to join each other, and it is a good order to give the spring visit together with joy. In the case of rainy weather, the “hoinobori” is not dedicated. Image courtesy: Hino Tourism Association

It is a festival dedicated to the rustic nojin, which has been passed down from parent to child and child from child to grandson in the late Heian period, and was designated as a national important intangible folk cultural property in 1991. Every year on the afternoon of the first Sunday in September, the bow is held at Kumano Shrine, and then the separate east and west roads are headed to Nojinyama, where the festival site is located. An old-fashioned ceremony is held at the festival hall, and the length of the potato is contested at the end. It has long been said that if the west wins, it will be a good harvest, and if the east wins, it will be a poor harvest. Image courtesy: Hino Tourism Association