LOCAL FESTIVAL

●WINTER .....................「HADAKA-MAIRI」January 14,15,26

Young men scantily clad in loin cloth, head band and sandals make a pilgrimage in the cold of January to the shrines to pray for the health and prosperity of friends and family.

●SPRING .....................「CHAGU-CHAGU-UMAKKO」June 15

This annual event marks the close of the rice planting. One hundred horses colorfully attired march in single file from Soozen Shrine in Takizawa to Morioka's Hachiman Shrine, a fifteen kilometer pilgrimage. Upon reaching the shrine, a successful harvest and offer thanks to the horses. As "umakko" (horses) walk, bells attached to their decorations seems to say "chagu-chagu".

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●SUMMER .....................「SANSA-ODORI」August 2-4

This very old, traditional vestival is a joyous event which gathers over twenty thousand participants. Groups of Morioka citizens dress in traditional garb and dance down main street to the delightful music of wooden flutes and "taiko"(drums).

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●AUTUMN .....................「HACHINAGU FESTIVAL」September 14-16

This annual Morioka festival is distinguished by Omikoshi (portable shrines) and floats which are paraded by men through the city's streets to the rythm of "taiko" (drums) and chants.

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