Ōi Shrine and the Shimada Ōbi Matsuri (大井神社・島田大祭 帯まつり) 大井神社

Every 3 years a procession carries brides' obi threaded onto swords, as if they were blades.

The festival falls in the years of the Tiger, Snake, Monkey and Boar in the twelve-animal calendar (so not every three years at regular intervals by the solar calendar, but following this cycle), in mid-October. The last edition, the 111th, was held on 11–13 October 2025; the next falls in 2028.

Shizuoka

Shimada

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