Introduction of The Festival
| Higashioizu-no Okashira-shinji | Mie Pref |
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Okashira Shinji is a Kylin lion dance ritual being held in many places in Japan for a long time. The event in Higashioizu area features a series of lion head action, which absorbs local people’s disaster or evil and gets burned at the end.
Category |
Protection from evil・lion dance・Dance |
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Location(s) |
Higashioizu Satonaka Jinja |
Date(s) of Matsuri |
Saturday in the beginning of January |
Contact |
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Access |
Ten minutes drive from Kintetsu Akeno Station |
URL |
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Conservation Group |
Higashioizuchokai |
Note |
Intangible folk cultural assets designated by the prefecture |