| DATE: | February 5, 2007 at 8:00 *open all day for visits | |
| PLACE: | Fushimi-inari-taisha Shrine, 68 Fukakusa-yabunouchi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto |
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| DIRECTION: | JR Nara Line to Fushimi-inari Station |
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| TEL: | 81-75-641-7331 | |
| ADMISSION: | Free | |
| TEXT: | Hatsuuma Taisai, lit. the First Horse Day Festival, is a grand festival held on the first day of the horse in February each year to celebrate the day the deity Inari-okami descended to Mt. Inari. People visit Fushimi-inari-taisha Shrine every year to be blessed and pray for success in business and the safety of family and home. Shirushi-no-sugi (a sacred cedar twig given to visitors as a token) has been a talisman since old times. The shrine’s history dates back to 711 when Hata-no-Irogu enshrined the Inari deity at Mt. Inari. It is the head shrine of 30,000 Inari shrines all over Japan. The time-honored and miracle-working Hatsuuma Taisai attracts many worshippers praying for their businesses and their families and homes for the year.
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