
Taro Hashimazaki Shrine Festival
The Spring Festival is held at the Hashimazaki Shrine on February 4 (Sunday close to this in recent years) in the lunar calendar. Two rites, "Funamochi", which wishes for the safety of the voyage, and "Tauchi", which wishes for a good harvest, are held in succession. As for the ship, there is a 5-year-old child carrying a model boat around the precinct, and then there is a boat song by an adult. Tashi reproduces rice planting with Techo (as father) and Taro (as child) using cattle. Kagoshima Prefecture Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Image courtesy: Ichikikushikino City Board of Education