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

The day Yuzuru Hanyu won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal

a professional figure skater from Sendai City, Miyagi PrefectureYuzuru Hanyu, at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter OlympicsFebruary 16th and 17thscored a total of 317.85 points in the men's singles figure skating competition held over two days

He won the gold medal with a lead of more than 10 points over the second-place finisher,his second consecutive Olympic victory following the Sochi Olympicsachieving

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 Hachinohe Enburi is held (Aomori Prefecture)

Hachinohe Enburi-harvest ritual (a ceremony in which the general outline of farming work is performed in advance to pray for a bountiful harvest) that originates from the "eburi," a farming tool used to level fields. Itpreめannuallyう儀式のこと）で、例年from February 17th to 20this held

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

one of Japan's three greatest unusual festivalsin Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, which is consideredThe Kuroishiji Somin Festival, due to reasons such as a shortage of participants and the aging of the residentsFebruary 17, 2024.

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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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