
Gotanda Pillar Festival
A kind of fire festival with a competition of throwing torches. The origin was during the Warring States period, when a shugan named Kongo-in of Gotanda was accidentally shot dead by his ally Tōya, and was performed to quell the spirit. The flame of the torches thrown up at the basket attached to the tip of the pillar of more than 20m, while pulling its tail in the night sky.