Somin Festival

[Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture] Kuroishiji Temple will bring down the curtain on its history of over 1000 years in 2024...

This year marks the end of the Kuroishiji Temple Somin Festival, which has a history of more than 1,000 years. It has been a hot topic in various places since early on, but I have never seen it before...

Aoiwa2024.02.22

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[Iwate Prefecture] Does it start late at night and last until morning? Kuroishiji Temple Somin Festival, one of Japan's three most bizarre festivals

There are many winter festivals in Tohoku, but one that stands out and has a long history is the ``Myokenzan Kuroishi Temple'' in Mizusawa Kuroishi-cho, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.

NEFT Editorial Department2021.10.22