Tsu Hachiman-gū

Since 1636 the Tōjin Odori has paraded here, a dance that imitates the Korean envoys visiting the shogun.

Since 1636 the Wakebe district has staged the Tōjin Odori, a dance that recalls, blended with fantasy, the Korean embassies (朝鮮通信使) passing through in the Edo period: the music and costumes imagine a ‘foreign’ spectacle that cannot be seen anywhere else in Japan. The festival that hosts it falls on the two days before the national Sports Day holiday (in 2025, 11 and 12 October) and also honours Tōdō Takatora, the first lord of Tsu, venerated as the founding deity of the territory.

The shrine, founded in the Kemmu era as the first H⁠achiman-gū of Ise Province, was moved to its current site in Fujigata in 1632 and in 1642 became the guardian shrine of the Tōdō clan.

ℹ️ Free entry to the shrine. The Tōjin Odori can only be seen during the Tsu Matsuri, on the festival days.

🚉 Minamigaoka · 28 min walk

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