Miyanoko and Katsuragi-jinja Shrine New Year's Event
This New Year’s event is held every year by local Miyanoko (shrine’s brotherhood) members on the second Monday of January at Katsuragi-jinja Shrine in Hashimoto. It’s well known by local residents. Since the shrine lacks a priest of its own, members of religious groups at 12 nearby shrines take turns serving as the shrine’s priest one year at a time. On the day of the event, participants are led by a large, 20-kilogram torch to a basin fed by a waterfall, which they enter to purify themselves. The ritual has been designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
| Inquiries | Hashimoto City Sales Department 0736-33-6106 |
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| Address | 270 Hashiramoto, Hashimoto-shi, Wakayama Prefecture |
| Access | 10 min. drive from Hashimoto IC on Keinawa Expressway |
| Admission | — |
| Hours | — |
| Closed | — |
| Parking | None |