Watama Shrine Festival

It is an important festival after the "Tenno Festival" and is held every February 1st at 20 o'clock in the lunar calendar. A pair of large torches (about 1m in diameter, about 10m in length) made of Yoshi were transferred from the front of the office to the Tōdai Torii at 19:30, and the fire was carried by 50 fire fighters and kneaded inside the eastern boundary, they rush into the tower gate all at once and line up in front of the hall of worship. In the meantime, the priesthood proceeds to the hall of worship to perform the festival. During the festival, take down the torches and break the noose and burn the torches. The burning remnants of the torches have long been said to benefit from "lightning removal", "toothache removal" and "field insect removal", and worshipers fight and bring them home. 2015 (2015) Designated as a Tsushima City Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. * It may change depending on the situation. Image courtesy of Tsujima Shrine

In the evening festival, five makiwara boats with more than 600 lanterns on top of the boat stand are playing Tsushima Raku while rowing, and the lights of the lanterns that are swaying and swaying are reflected on the river surface is the point of the ghost. In the morning festival, which takes place at the dawn of the night, six car-going boats with Noh dolls on top of the stalls, paddling in a gentle manner while playing early music, head to Gyosho. It seems that he sees a gorgeous dynasty picture scroll.