Festival for the prolongation of life.

Asekakijizo was caught in the net of the fisherman Sozaemon, and the festival is based on the legend that he sweats white for auspicious events and black sweat for bad events.
It is held to pray for safety at sea, satisfaction with a big catch, safety at home, prosperity in the family business, and traffic safety.

Visitors are treated to powdered green tea made with famous water and Sawamochi cake under the city-designated natural monument, Oshima cherry, which blooms at the site of Ieken no Teahouse, the first coffee shop in Japan.

Divers dressed in white rocking gowns offer abalone and turban shells in bamboo baskets to Ise Jingu Shrine. They pray for a big catch, safety at sea, and prosperity for the citizens.

It is said that the temple was originally built by the residents of the Uzumigata area, who made a great wish and named Garan（temple） Tenshozan Enjoji Temple, and in Ten'ei XNUMX, Tenman Daijizai Tenjin was invoked as the main deity to settle the temple grounds. The temple is said to have once been a popular god of marriage, as it was believed that the god would always listen to the requests of those who asked for help. During the war, it was customary for soldiers who went to war to visit the shrine to pray for victory. Even today, the shrine is said to be “Ishigami san who always grants one wish in one's lifetime.” The shrine is blessed with beautiful scenery in spring, summer, fall, and winter, and holds a spring festival (April 8th), an autumn festival (October 8th), and the first prayer service (New Year's Day).

There will be plenty of events, including Awabi（abalone） tasting.

A flower festival to celebrate the birth of Buddha. In the precincts of the temple, people pour “amacha” (sweet tea) over the Buddha's birth Buddha decorated with seasonal flowers and make wishes. Nostalgic open-air stands selling goldfish scooping, cotton candy, etc. line both sides of the stone pavement connecting the main hall and the gate of Shima Kokubunji Temple.

This festival marks the arrival of early summer in Ise-Shima and is held to express gratitude for the seafood, including spiny lobsters, and to pray for a good catch. After the ceremony, a contest of "Jakoppe Dance", which is danced to a lively rhythm, is held, and in the evening, a "Roadside Jakoppe Dance" is held with the participation of more than 1,000 dancers, and at the climax, a dance in which the audience participates, coupled with the "Ise Lobster Mikoshi". At the end of the festival, fireworks are set off to the accompaniment of "Nagarebayashi".

In June, numerous hydrangeas bloom beautifully all around the temple, creating a very picturesque atmosphere. On the day of the festival, various events such as concerts and souvenir sales are held, attracting many people.

The “Isobe no Omita,” a representative event of Shima City, is designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset of Japan. Prior to the main performance on June XNUMX, the “O-Narashishiki” ceremony is held on June XNUMX every year, in which costumed officials rehearse in full costume as if they were performing in the main event. (The “O-Narashishiki” is held on June XNUMX every year.)

Along with Katori Jingu Shrine in Chiba Prefecture and Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine in Osaka, it is one of the three major otaue festivals in Japan, and is designated as a national intangible folk cultural asset, known locally as “omita.
Each district takes turns to perform the service each year, and all members of the team visit Izawanomiya, undergo shubatsu（exorcism）, and head for omita.
A single 11-meter-long thick green bamboo is tied to a stake and erected between the rice paddies on the west side of the rice field, and a large fan (gombauchiwa) is attached to the tip of the bamboo.
Six Tachudo and six Saotome go down to omita and take each other's hands, then make three and a half laps around naeba(rice field) and begin to pick up seedlings. After the seedlings are taken, the tachudo unties the green bamboo from the stakes, fans it three times, and kneels it down toward the center of the rice paddy.
There is a belief that the bamboos are brought back to the ship to be worshipped as spirits of the ship and used as talismans for great fishing satisfaction and maritime safety.
After the bamboo-taking is finished, otaue begins amidst the music of flutes and drums.
At the end of the ceremony, the procession proceeds to Izawanomiya, parading in a dance called “Odorikomi,” and ends with a children's dance to conclude Omita festival.

This is a strange festival that boasts a tradition of more than 780 years.
This festival celebrates the annual return of Ichikishimahime no Mikoto, the goddess of sea safety, from Yakumo Shrine in Wagu to her shrine on Oshima.
Fishermen and Ama offer fish and shellfish caught in nearby fishing grounds to the gods to pray for safety at sea and bountiful catches, then return to the Wagu fishing port to join ama and fishermen in a tidal battle on board a boat in the bay.
It is believed that if one receives this tide, he or she will be safe and sound in that year.

A ritual is held at Nakanohama in Fuseda to pray for safety at sea and good catches, and fishermen and ama divers head to the small island to pray.
In the afternoon, the mikoshi is paraded through the town of Fuseda.

``Residents of Funakoshi who went to Korea as soldiers and sailors during the Bunroku War returned to their village, visited the shrine, and held a victory banquet on the shrine grounds,'' according to the 1991 Daio Town Cultural Properties Survey. It is written in the ``Annual Events of Daio Town'' compiled by the committee, and is said to have its origin from something that overlaps with the historical story mentioned above.
Funakoshi Taiko drums are dedicated to pray for safety in the town, a good harvest, a large catch of fish, and prosperous business.

It is said that in ancient times it was performed to avert disasters by applying Susano-no-mikoto to Kozutenno (*).
A mikoshi is carried to Yaegaki Shrine, where Mikoto is enshrined, and a ritual is performed.
After the ``Shinsen-no-gi'' where the object of worship is transferred to a mikoshi, the mikoshi is paraded around the island to exorcise evil spirits, and on the sea, fireworks illuminate the night sky to liven up the festival.
In addition, a grand festival is held every seven years in which a boat with a place to enshrine the mikoshi goes around the island.
<*Originally the guardian deity of Gion Shoja in India. In Japan, he is enshrined at Yasaka Shrine in Gion, Kyoto, etc., as a god that protects against pestilence.

Sugekasa, a large Zasara dressed in black and a small Zasara wearing a beautiful flower hat played five types of dances in the order of ``Uchikomi'', ``Ayaori'', ``Nagahyoshi'', ``Kokiriko'', and ``Fukiodori'' while playing Sasara made of bamboo. Let's dance.
Prefecturally designated cultural property (designated March 13, 1995)

Umbrellas with the deceased's posthumous and common names written on them rotate around a drum and bell. An event held in memory of the deceased that preserves the form that has been passed down in Shima since ancient times.

This festival originates from a legend that the villagers made a straw sandal the size of a tatami mat and showed it to the giant Dandarabocchi, who was destroying the village, to scare him away.
Two days before the festival, a large waraji one foot, 1.2 meters long and 10 meters wide, is made.
On that day, a messenger receives the waraji and carries it to the worship hall of Nakiri Shrine.
After the priest cleanses it, five young children dance three times in front of the waraji in simple gestures, being controlled by young attendants.
When the dance is finished, a cotton rope tied to the end of the waraji is held and pulled from west to east.
After being pulled at the shrine, the straw sandals are moved to Suba Beach, where they are sung by old women who sing congratulatory songs, and are pushed offshore to pray for safety at sea and a big catch.
There will also be mikoshi and dancers on the way, and a fireworks display will be held at night.
It has been designated as a prefectural intangible cultural property.

Designated by the national government as an important intangible folk cultural property (January XNUMX, XNUMX), this traditional performing arts puppet show has been handed down for over XNUMX years. It is performed on the stage in the precincts of Anori Shrine, and is characterized by its simple, bold, and wild expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and humor.

The first ebi(lobster) landed is dedicated to Ise Jingu Shrine.

Known as the stone god who grants once-in-a-lifetime wishes, the temple is the place where wishes are made and memorial services are held.

The festival is held at Chofukuji Yakushido Temple in Hamajima-cho, where Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha), said to have been created by Prince Shotoku, is enshrined. The festival is crowded with events such as bush lantern goma and hiwatari (fire-walking) to pray for the safety of the town and a good catch of fish.

The festival was established in 1995 to pray for a good harvest, a big catch, and safety, and to wish for continued prosperity and “ee-ekoto” (good things).
The festival is lively with the Eejanka Dance.

This festival is held to express gratitude for a bountiful harvest, the satisfaction of a great catch, and the harvest of the mountains and the sea. It is a lively event to celebrate the harvest season, and people share the joy of the harvest with each other. The whole town comes alive with the sound of taiko drums, and children's mikoshi (portable shrines) in happi (happi coats) spread out in a circle of joy with their brave shouts. In addition, a boat-mikoshi (a portable shrine) made up of young men's troupes will be brought out to the town.

The dawn of time came to the Kashikojima area when the Shima Electric Railway opened and trains began running between Toba and Kashikojima.
The Kashikojima area wished to prosper, and it was important to worship a Shinto shrine that would serve as a spiritual center for the local residents.

This event is held on Kashikojima Island in Ago Bay, the home of pearls, to hold a memorial service for Akoya pearl oysters, which end their lives with the birth of pearls, and to pray for the promotion of the pearl cultivation industry. After a memorial service at the memorial tower in Maruyama Park overlooking Kashikojima Harbor, mother-of-pearl shells and pearls will be released into Kashikojima Harbor.

This is a ritual at Izawanomiya, a branch shrine of the Ise Jingu. The Chosen Festival is held on October 25 every year to pray for a bountiful harvest and a successful year. It is an event to offer the harvest of the sea and the mountains to Izawanomiya. It is an expression of gratitude to the gods for the blessings they bestow upon us.

The construction of Japan's first Western-style lighthouse began in Kannonzaki, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the date was established on November 1868, 1st, the lighthouse groundbreaking ceremony, to commemorate the start of lighthouse operations. It was done.
On the day of the event, the lighthouse was open to the public for free, and there were fishermen's sushi and turban shell roasting, among other activities (2006).

This festival is held to express gratitude for this year's bountiful harvest by hanging Inari (Inari) on the ``Inenari''.

The area around the precincts is bustling with chrysanthemum exhibitions, stalls, and events.

On the night of New Year's Eve, the Naonori boatman and about 20 children from each group visit each house, and from around midnight on New Year's Day, after the Naonori event, in which each family goes around reciting a congratulatory message, it is said that all disasters will be brought to the town. In order to prevent people from invading the area, the boatmen made large shimenawa ropes along two roads, one for Deguchiyama no Kami in Tenma and the other for Deguchiyama Kami in Naga town, and strung these on the road. It is a sacred sword called Tenma, and it is a ritual to cut it with a folding fan.
After cutting, the straw pine is set on fire, and the straw that is piled up at Osatohama is set on fire.
Fishermen raise this fire with their fishing rods and pray for a big catch while saying ``Momase Momase.''
The higher the fire rises, the richer the catch, and the more happy they are.
It is also said that the direction of the smoke can be used to predict the wind conditions for the year.

A large bonfire is lit in the precincts and the shrine is crowded with people praying for New Year's Eve. Sacred sake and amazake will also be served by the Izamiya Hosankai.

By evening, pile up green onions on Onohama Beach, visit Inari Shrine, and then catch the fire from the lanterns on a Japanese pine, transfer it to the green onions, and burn it.The way the fire rises predicts a good year of fishing.
The higher the sparks rise and the more vigorously they burn, the more happy they are that they have had a big catch.
A prayer event for fishermen that has been passed down since ancient times.