🏮 Kotohira Gu Taue Sai

金刀比羅宮田植祭

Kotohira, Kagawa (Kotohira Shrine) · Every year on 15 April

Summer festivalTraditional performing arts

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Rooms around Kotohira, Kagawa fill up while the festival is on.

The Kotohira-gu Taue-sai is a traditional Shinto ritual held at Kotohira-gu Shrine in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture. Known as "Konpira-san" and revered as a guardian deity of the sea, Kotohira-gu has been a destination longed for by ordinary people since the Edo period, and even today many worshippers visit from all over Japan. The Taue-sai is a festival that prays for a bountiful harvest of the five grains and conveys the importance of agriculture through rice planting in a sacred paddy field. The highlight of the festival is the Shinto ritual and the demonstration of rice planting by miko (shrine maidens) and attendants, performed to the accompaniment of gagaku (court music). Specific dates and details can be confirmed in the annual events guide on the official website. This festival is an important occasion linking the region's agriculture and faith. *Because the source contains no specific description of the Taue-sai, general information has been added.

Getting there

Get off at Kotohira Station on the JR Dosan Line, then walk about 15 minutes. Alternatively, about 10 minutes on foot from Kotoden Kotohira Station. By car, there are paid parking lots in Kotohira.