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Kuroishi Temple Suminsai Festival
This event is held from the night of the 7th to the morning of the Chinese New Year, and it is a strange festival where naked young people are divided east-west in front of each other, fighting for "Seomin bag".
It is said that the direction in which the person who took the Sumi-Ban lives in will be given the fortune of five-grain riches that year. In the prefecture, it takes place at Kokuseki Temple in Mizusawa-ku, Oshu City, Ide Kumano Shrine in Esashi Ward, Koshio Jinja in Hanamaki City, and so on.
Main resurrection front in the prefecture
| January 2 | Hu Siou Shrine (Hanamaki City) |
|---|---|
| January 2-3 | Tatsuya Caves Bishamondo Bettei Tateya Sikoji Temple (Hiraizumi Town) |
| Sunday the second of January | Oda Shrine (Ichineki City) |
| January 20 | Motsu-ji (Hiraizumi-cho) |
| January 3rd Saturday | Ite Kumano Shrine (Oshu City Esashi Ward) |
| January 4th-4th Sunday | Nagaoka (Kanegasaki-cho) |
| Late January (Chinese New Year 7 | Five majors (Hanamaki City) |
| Late January (Chinese New Year 7-8) | Kuroishi Temple (Oshu City Mizusawa Ward) |
| Late January (Chinese New Year 8 | Hachimangu Shrine (Oshu City Mizusawa Ward) |
| 1st Sunday of March | Nagotokuji (Ichinoseki City Fujisawa Town) |
| March 17 | Hayaikemine Shrine (Hanamaki City) |