The Shinto ritual of planting rice to pray for a bountiful harvest, the sumo power of the Oyamazumi Shrine, is an intangible folk cultural asset of Ehime Prefecture.
The rice planting festival is a Shinto ritual held before rice planting to pray for a good harvest for the year. The rice planting festival at Oyamazumi Shrine is especially famous in Imabari City. The dedication of Hitori Sumo Sumo wrestling with the invisible spirit of rice is also famous, and Hitori Sumo Sumo is designated as an intangible folk cultural property of Ehime Prefecture. (This festival is for a limited time)
INFORMATION
- business hours
- May 5th of the lunar calendar every year
- address
- 〒794-13043327 Miyaura, Omishima-cho, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture