You walk ten metres with a pot lid on your head: if it does not fall, it brings good luck.
Legend has it that a pot lid was blown here by the wind during a banquet for Emperor Tenji, and the locals worshipped it as a divine sign. The main rite, the kamafuta-negaigake, consists of balancing a terracotta lid on your head and walking about ten metres from the gate to the offering box without dropping it: those who manage it gain protection from misfortune. In recent years it has become a good-luck destination for sportspeople, after visits by top-level female and male athletes.
A small shrine dedicated to Susanoo and to Ukemochi, goddess of food, in the municipality of Minamikyūshū (Ei district, merged into the city in 2007). It owes its recent fame to the balanced-lid rite, which went viral as a good-luck charm for sport.
ℹ️ Free admission. The site recommends comfortable shoes for the lid rite; about 15 minutes' walk from Ei-Ōkawa Station.
🚉 Mizunarikawa · 14 min walk
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