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A spring-style poem with a line of street stalls. There will be sales of takoyaki, large-format yaki, and yaki-taki. 9-16: 30.

The Great Lion and Oni Taiko rolled out and rolled around at the gates of the houses in the Mikawa district. It is held from 8 to 18: 30.

Monks and Yamabushi pray for 10,000 hoomagi with the words "No Disease, Family Safety" and so on, and they read sutras together with their worshippers, and serve them as one. 11: 00 ~ Daihanyaka reading at the main hall, 14: 00 ~ Homa-bai at the Homa-bai. 13:30 ~ Santoya Taiko (stop in the rain). The burning flame of prayer clements both body and heart.

Takayama Festival is a collective term for the spring Sanno Festival (April 14 and 15) and the autumn Yawata Festival (October 9 and 10). At the Takayama Festival in the spring of the year, there are 12 gorgeous stalls towed, karakuri votives and night festivities, as well as a festival procession called the Ogogogoo that goes around the town. * Since the Ebisu stand is being repaired, 11 units will be held in 2024. Image courtesy: Takayama City

The regular festival of the Itsukushima Shrine to pray for good fishing and fertility. A brave festival in which the spirits of the white costume milled around the houses of the Ujiko while carrying the Mikoshi and taking the shinto sake, and entering the Rin-geki River where the thaw water flows while the Mikoshi is over, and the water is applied while the Mikoshi is flowing. It is also said to be a kind of cursing for strengthening the spiritual power of God as well as washing.

From Tokwa Shrine, two large lions (two) are carried out through the Tōkoji and Uratsu districts, and from Suwa Shrine, the Oni Taiko is carried out, respectively, to gate and mash the houses of Ujiko. Before noon, a large lion and a demon drum meet together at Tokawa Shrine, and the scouring is enough to see. There are two types of demon drums in the Akadomari district: the Asasao-kei of the Tokwa Matsuri and rather the Ojai-kei of the Ojai Matsuri. The Oni Taiko at Suwa Shrine is Asao-kei. It is also said that this demon drum was a dance of the Aikawa mine digging gold. It is held until around 8:00.

The "Hua Dao Festival" is the largest and most brilliant event of the Ikebana Saga Onryu. He held an ikebana exhibition in the Daikaku-ji Temple, and solemnly runs a "dedication ceremony", which is to be supplied to Emperor Saga, the founder of the Saga Onryu. In addition, the Osawa Pond tour at Ryōtō Shōshu can be enjoyed in the air. Image courtesy of the former Saga Imperial Palace Omotoyama Daikakuji

Kyōhō is performed, which is reportedly made by the Engrawmen to preach doctrine to the common people. The spring performance will be held from 13:30 each day. The performance will be on the first day (Sun), "Flower Thief", "Aigago", "Hashibenkei", and on the second day (Sat), "Funabenkei", "Shakya", "Tsuchigumo", on the third day, the 14th day (Sun) "Hyakun", "Daikokukari", "Fuki Kakuriki".

Among the communities of katakuri in the upper reaches of the horizontal river, one can see only a few blooming white katakuri. In addition to the katakuri flowers, there are also Azumachige, Kibanano amana, and Dankoubai. On Saturdays and Sundays during the period, there is a sale of Goshimushi and a geese.

Sōyō Shrine [Susa no Ojinja] was founded on April 8, 14th year (795) of the Heian period, by the oracle of a two-pronged festival god who appeared on a strange rock in the east of the precinct with a light light. It was more than 1,200 years ago. On this day, the "Plague Festival" morning and evening rituals are performed, and in the precincts, the four sides are exorcised with smoke and scents from smoked pieces of peach wood. In addition, on April 1-8, "Momo no Omori" will be awarded for a limited time only, as a disaster-relief from the Edo period. The "fei doll" (late February ~), which is decorated in various places of the precincts, and the peach blossoms that compete in red and white, are stunning, and they are crowded with many worshipers. Image courtesy: Susano Shrine