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The "Hagi-yaki festival" will be held to sell Hagi-yaki, which boasts a 400-year-old tradition and is highly regarded for its artistry at home and abroad. In addition to touring each store with the whole of Hagi city as a venue, special venues are set up around Hagi and Mei-yue Gakusha. From the good old traditional Hagi-yaki to the modern-style Hagi-yaki, which is easy to use on a daily basis, there are a variety of Hagi-yaki, and you can find your favorite dishes while strolling around the city.

A clamming competition with families and others, with an admission fee of 1,500 yen for adults (junior high school students and older), 900 yen for dwarfs (elementary school students) and free for toddlers (planned).

It enshrines the famous "Momotaro" model of the old story "Momotaro", and is also certified as a Japanese Heritage Site as a constituent cultural property of "The Born Town Okayama of" Momotaro Legend "~ The Story of the Extermination of the Oni Invited by the Heritage of Ancient Kiki ~". May 5 is the grand festival of the Koyasu Shrine, which enshrines the gods of marriage, child-giving, child-raising, and childcare. Praying for the healthy growth of children, the Fujioka-ryū style gunnery shrine and the first-class kō-kō kōrikata first-class kō-kōshū kōshū kōshū kōshū kōshō are performed by the Bizhou Okayama Castle Iron Gun Corps. In addition, about 100 streamers swim on the grounds and greet worshipers.

An event related to Tajima Settlement of the god of the Izushi Shrine, "Tenjirasai", where a junior high school student in the district blows bamboo bora and turns a along with the song to celebrate the children of the first nodal phrase.

The origin of the Kamo horse race (Kurabauma) is also called "Kizoima" or "Komakurabe". It was originally held at a meeting on May 5 at Taketokuden Miyanaka, and it was divided into the left and right sides and divided into two heads each. The one that prayed for a good harvest. The word "keiba" now refers to things that compete in large numbers, and is different from "kuraiuma". Image courtesy: kamigamo-jinja

On the day of the festival on May 5, at around 9 o'clock, the Shinkoshi, the Musha Procession, the Fute and the like depart from the shrine, and then cruise around the Ujishi area to return home in the evening. In the precinct, two times at 13:00 and 15:00, the courageous canter rituals are held and filled with many worshipers. * The contents may be changed or canceled depending on the situation.

An annual festival held only for children on May 5 every year. Children from infants to junior high school students wear a kasa on the cupai/leg bond, wear a navy blue kimono, hang a jade plow on the back, hang a flag on the back, and straddle stilts with bamboo on the pawnwood horse head, he runs the reins and walks around the area, and runs through Baba to dedicate the Shinto ritual of the ryuangma. Image courtesy: Lake Biwa Takashima Tourism Association

The Spring Festival, which is held on May 5 every year, is a festival where the children of the late shrine of the Hyogo Taisha Shrine gather and pass the shrine and drums from each region to the Hyogo Taisha Shrine. * In 2024, 20 large and small gods, one Ayame god koshi, and one Ayame drum will be crossed.

It is reported that the origin was that the villagers rejoiced and danced when the shrine was washed away by the flooding of Lake Biwa during the time of Emperor Kenmei, and the shrine was celebrated by welcoming the spirit from inside Lake Biwa. In addition to dances being dedicated in front of the shrine hall at the precinct, a boy swings a wooden long sword, and lines up in a gorgeous manner while swinging a sasara, followed by a child wearing a flower hat. In 2024, the town of Yamaga dedicated a long sword dance.

Every year on Children's Day on May 5, the event is held in a grand ceremony with the wish of "Momotarō as a healthy as Momotarō", a event for Momotarō Odori, and a treasure-hunting event for Momotarō Inuyama by Noguchi Amejo, at 10-16 (scheduled).