[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 17th?

The day Yuzuru Hanyu won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal

Yuzuru Hanyu, a professional figure skater from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, scored a total of 317.85 points in the men's singles figure skating event held over two days February 16th and 17th , at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics

He won the gold medal by more than 10 points over the second place winner, achieving his second consecutive Olympic victory following the Sochi Olympics

This was the first time in 66 years that a man had won back-to-back gold medals since Dick Button of the United States won in 1948 and 1952, and this gold medal was also a memorable one as it was the 1,000th medal won since the first Winter Olympics

The day when the unique festival "Kokusekiji Somin Festival," which has been held for over 1,000 years, came to an end (Iwate Prefecture)

The Kokusekiji Somin Festival in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, which is counted as one of Japan's three most unusual festivals February 17, 2024 , due to reasons such as a lack of successors and an aging population .

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Kokusekiji Somin Festival, one of Japan's three most unusual festivals, lasts from late into the night until the morning (Iwate Prefecture)

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Among the many winter festivals in Tohoku, the Kokusekiji Somin Festival, held at Mt. Myoken's Kokusekiji Temple in Mizusawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, stands out as one of the most unique and historic festivals. The Kokusekiji Somin Festival has a long history, spanning over 1,000 years. The Somin Festival is a naked festival that is passed down throughout Japan, primarily in Iwate Prefecture. It is said that the god Muto, traveling south from the North Sea, transformed into a human and asked two brothers, the poor Somin Shorai and the wealthy Kotan, for a night's lodging. Kotan refused, and Somin Shorai kindly let the travelers stay, feeding them on a meal of millet.

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Kokusekiji Temple Somin Festival: The End of Over 1,000 Years of History | 2024 Local Report [Iwate Prefecture]

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The Kokusekiji Sominsai Festival, which has been going for over 1,000 years, will come to an end this year. It's been a hot topic of conversation for a long time, but I couldn't let it end without having seen it! So, I headed to the festival to see it for myself! What is the Sominsai? Held mainly in southern Iwate Prefecture to pray for bountiful harvests and good health, the Sominsai is one of Iwate Prefecture's most representative traditional cultures, and was selected by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 1995 as an "intangible folk cultural asset that requires measures such as record keeping." Among these festivals, the one held at Myokenzan Kokusekiji Temple in Mizusawa, Oshu City, from the 7th of the lunar new year through the night...

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