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It is said that this festival originated
when farmers offered prayers for flood control of Oigawa River about 1,000
years ago in the Kanwa Era. Every year on March 17, twenty-five dances
depicting the various stages of rice planting to harvest are dedicated
to the Oi Hachimangu Shrine of Fujimori. In 1977, this dance was designated
as an important ethnic cultural asset by the national government.
Location/Oi
Hachimanguu Shaden
For
further information
Oigawa-cho Kyoiku Iinkai Shakai
Kyoiku-ka
TEL/+81-54-662-0596
Date/Every
March 17th
Transportation
Take the Yoshinaga Shimokawahara
bus from JR
Fujieda
Station, get off at Oigawa-cho Yakuba
Iriguchi
and walk 10 minutes.
Take the Iibuchi bus from JR Yaizu
Station,
get off at Fujimori and walk 10 minutes.
15
minutes by car from the Tomei Yoshida
Interchange
(8 km).
Parking/
3,000
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