One year is for praying and the next for dancing, and the two have alternated for four or five centuries.
It is one of only two festivals on the main island listed as national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties. It is held on Shioya Bay, among the hamlets of Tabuku, Yako, Shioya and Shirahama, and alternates years of prayer with years of dance; in the dance year there is also a canoe regatta inside the bay.
Community rite of the village of Ōgimi, designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property on 15 December 1997. Sources give it four to five hundred years of history.
ℹ️ ⚠️ The dates have not been verified against an official source and are not given here: before planning a visit, ask the village of Ōgimi for them. It is a community rite, not a show.
🚉 Shioya Bridge · 11 min walk
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