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For this ceremony, men, wearing only loincloths and yelling
encouragements at each other, pound rice to be used for making rice cakes
that are then offered to the gods in return for a bountiful harvest. The
Rice Cake Ceremony is unusual in that the men walk around the mortar as
they pound the rice.
This ceremony is said to have originated when Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto passed
through the town of Sanba and the villagers gave him rice cakes they had
made. This ceremony was designated as a Folklore Cultural Property by Onomichi
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The 3rd Saturday in October |
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Sanba-Ushitora Shrine |
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Onomichi City Hall
15-1, Kubo 1-chome, Onomichi-shi, 722-8501
Tel.: 0848-25-7111 Fax.: 0848-37-2740
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