RICE PLANTING FESTIVAL @ NITTA SHRINE (NITTA-JINJA OTAUE-SAI / 新田神社お田植え祭)

A festival to invoke good crops. After the purification young men and women plant rice. People dedicate dances such as yakko (manservant) dance, stick dance and komuso (Zen priest) dance. Yakko dance and komuso dances are cultural assets of Kagoshima prefecture.

Start Jun. 08, 2014

Usually: 9:00 ~
(*Rice planting starts 11:00 usually.)
* Ask about the exact time at the number below.

Zip895-0065
Address

1935-2 Miyauchi town, Satsuma-sendai city,
Kagoshima prefecture

PlaceNitta Shrine
Parking

Available

Fee

Free

Contact Nitta Shrine
TEL: 0996-22-4722
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