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The Hida-Kamioka Festival is an annual festival of three shrines located in the city area, and a festival that tells the snowy Hida-Kamioka of a spring visit. It has long been said that "this day is a day when God goes out to the village and travels around the town once a year", and the town is crowded with a large procession of about 700 people in total, such as Shinkoshi, lion dance, and chicken fighting. The day procession is a period procession reminiscent of Heian Emaki. At night, the brave big, small and medium-sized Shinkoshi milled around the town and back, and at the end, the festival climaxes with a dash towards the main shrine as the taiko and the drums are thrashed in the precinct.

The “New Fireworks Collection”, where young fireworks from all over the country, who are responsible for the next generation, compete, and the “Fireworks of Japan in the World”, which raises fireworks with a rich international color. You can enjoy the “Japanese Fireworks” and “Hyakkana Ran” fireworks show that colors the spring night sky. Image courtesy: Daisen City, Akita Prefecture

In the Nakanen, which has a waterfall of 30m with a height of 30m, you can enjoy about 6000 varieties of the colorful world's rhododendrons from late March to late April. During the period, direct sale of rhododendron seedlings and gift planning are also carried out. * The contents may be changed or canceled depending on the situation. Image courtesy: Omura City Tourism Promotion Division

A big event to color the spring of Oshu City. A palm stall, decorated in luxury opus, milled through the city. When the area is shrouded in the evening darkness, the festival climaxes with a "poijou" performed by the stalls with all their gratitude and gratitude. The high-grade music performed by the Hayashi stall and the inherited value of the entire festival were evaluated, and the "Hidaka Fire Festival" was designated as an intangible folk culture of Iwate Prefecture. Image courtesy of Oshu

At Domyoji Tenma-gong, a first-year meeting is held on January 2 and 3 every year, and there are many exhibitions from kindergartners to the general section. The brush festival, which is then used to thank the old brush and pray for further calligraphy improvement, is carried out at the shingu mound located in the precinct.

The sitting statue of Manjushri, enshrined in the Dongkongdo, has been the faith as a prayer buddha for academic monks since ancient times. A child procession to the Bodhisattva of Chihui pulls a one-letter-book bongdo car dedicated from a nearby Jokyo-ji temple, and runs the Sanjō-dori to Tokindo. Only on the 25th until 14:00 (after 13:45, the reception is not allowed). * Cancellation may occur due to circumstances.

In ancient times, it was thought that during the flower season, the spirits of the plague were scattered on the scattered flowers. In the Imperial Court, this spirit of quelling was prescribed as a "flower-jenme festival" in the Nara period Shangyō. It has been solemnly held since ancient times, and various events such as the main shrine shrine on the 25th, as well as the dedication of kagura, gagaku, and dance. The Spring Sourei Festival, which enshrines the ancestors of the worshippers, is also performed. * There is a case of only a ritual, depending on the situation.

The annual festival will honor the achievements of the Satsuma clan who completed the difficult work (Hōryoku flood control work) to divert the three rivers, the Kiso River, the Nagara River, and the Ibi River, in 1755, and will be sacrificed in the construction. It is held every year on April 25 in the spring and October 25 in the fall. The Spring Annual Festival is held at the Shisui Shrine, which enshrines Hirata Tsugaigao, who was the general magistrate of the construction, and is also visited by many local residents and officials, as well as Kagoshima, which is related to Yoshishi Satsuma. The boat mikoshi and dance, which prayed for good harvests and environmental protection, are dedicated by local volunteers and elementary school students.

You will be working for three days from 23 to 25 days in the memorial service of the death date of the Sōjo Honen who opened the Jodo sect. Starting at 11:00, you can also participate in the prayer ceremony of the Great Pearl. Once every three years, the twenty-five bodhisattvas will be offered on the 25th of the day.

A traditional event dedicated twice a year, in spring and summer. In the past, it was held as a performing arts in Kyoto, occupying the central position of Rokusai Nenbutsu. Shishi Mai and Gion Aiko are performed with flutes, drums, and kō, and the precinct also has a street stall and is crowded until late at night (after 20-21). The Summer Festival is scheduled to be held on Monday, August 25, 2025.*2025 may be changed or canceled due to circumstances.