After receiving sake and becoming messengers of the gods, the group parades through the town, shouting in a strange voice and pouring buckets and buckets of water on the roofs of houses. Since straw is considered a talisman against fire, local people pull straw from their costumes and throw it up on the roofs of their houses.
This festival, which is designated as a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset as well as a Visiting God event of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Visiting Gods: Masked and Disguised Gods," attracts many local people as well as tourists every year.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)"> After receiving sake and becoming messengers of the gods, the group parades through the town, shouting in a strange voice and pouring buckets and buckets of water on the roofs of houses. Since straw is considered a talisman against fire, local people pull straw from their costumes and throw it up on the roofs of their houses.
This festival, which is designated as a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset as well as a Visiting God event of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Visiting Gods: Masked and Disguised Gods," attracts many local people as well as tourists every year.

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米川の水かぶり

Yonekawa Water Festival

東北2024.02.12

tohoku12 Feb. 2024

800年以上の歴史と伝統を誇る火伏せ行事「米川の水かぶり」は、毎年2月の初午の日に東和町米川地区で開催されます。この祭りには、厄年を迎えた人を中心に、東和町米川五日町地区の男性が参加。かまどのすすを顔に塗り、わらで作った水かぶり装束を身にまとい、大慈寺境内にある秋葉大権現に火伏せを祈願します。
お神酒を頂いて神の使いとなった一行は、奇声をあげて各家庭の屋根に向かってバケツやおけの水をかけながら町を練り歩きます。わらは火難除けのお守りとされているため、地域の人たちはまとった装束からわらを抜きとり、家の屋根に投げ上げます。
ユネスコ無形文化遺産「来訪神：仮面・仮装の神々」の来訪神行事であり、国の重要無形民俗文化財にも指定されているこの祭りには、地域の人はもちろん、毎年多くの観光客が訪れています。

The "Yonekawa no mizukaburi," a fire-fighting event with a history and tradition of over 800 years, is held every year on the first horse day of February in the Yonekawa district of Towa Town. The festival is participated in by men from the Yonekawa Gokaicho district of Towa Town, mainly those who have reached the age of evil. They apply kamado soot to their faces and wear water coverings made of straw, and pray to Akiba Daigongen, located in the precincts of Daijidera Temple, for protection against fire.
After receiving sake and becoming messengers of the gods, the group parades through the town, shouting in a strange voice and pouring buckets and buckets of water on the roofs of houses. Since straw is considered a talisman against fire, local people pull straw from their costumes and throw it up on the roofs of their houses.
This festival, which is designated as a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset as well as a Visiting God event of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Visiting Gods: Masked and Disguised Gods," attracts many local people as well as tourists every year.

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  • Festival
    米川の水かぶり | Yonekawa Water Festival
  • Date
    12 Feb. 2024
  • Venue

    Yonekawa, Towa Town, Tome City

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  • Access
  • Tel
    +81 220-34-2332
  • Category
    Dance/ParadeTraditional Culture

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