Ogata Shrine (festival)
April 9th, 2010 - I didn’t get the chance to go to this(Hime-no-miya) festival because I didn’t know about it... and it’s not as popular. Hehe. Trust me, I’m NOT looking for fertility, I just thought it would be interesting... there’s a difference.
This Hime-no-miya festival of female fertility is held annually on the Sunday before March 15 to pray for a good fortune in the forthcoming harvest. This unique festival is well-known abroad and is considered to be the sister festival of nearby Tagata Fertility Festival. The highlight of the festival is the parade of the floats laden with very large round rice-cakes, called kagami-mochi. Carried by 19 year-old women dressed in bridal dresses, the floats reach the shrine at about 13:00.
Where: Oagata Shrine (大縣神社), Inuyama City
Access: From Heian Dori Subway Station just take the Kami-iida / Meitetsu Komaki Line bound for Inuyama and get off at Gakuden Station 楽田; the shrine is a 10-minute walk from there.
Read MoreThis Hime-no-miya festival of female fertility is held annually on the Sunday before March 15 to pray for a good fortune in the forthcoming harvest. This unique festival is well-known abroad and is considered to be the sister festival of nearby Tagata Fertility Festival. The highlight of the festival is the parade of the floats laden with very large round rice-cakes, called kagami-mochi. Carried by 19 year-old women dressed in bridal dresses, the floats reach the shrine at about 13:00.
Where: Oagata Shrine (大縣神社), Inuyama City
Access: From Heian Dori Subway Station just take the Kami-iida / Meitetsu Komaki Line bound for Inuyama and get off at Gakuden Station 楽田; the shrine is a 10-minute walk from there.
