Religion of Tenjin

Do you turn the various disasters of the year into lies? Takahata Tenmangu Shrine's Liar Festival Visit Report [Fuku...

Takahata Tenmangu Shrine is located in Iizaka-cho, Fukushima City. The ``Usokae Festival'' is held twice a year in January and April at this shrine, where the various misfortunes of the year are replaced with ``lies.''

Aoiwa2025.01.15

folk beliefs

What is the "Liar Festival" in Iizaka Town? With the hope that disaster will be turned into a lie [Fukushima Prefecture]

The Usokae Festival is held twice a year at Takahata Tenmangu Shrine in Iizaka-cho, Fukushima City, in the northern part of Fukushima Prefecture. A wish to turn all misfortune into a lie and turn it into something good...

Motoharu Kahashi2021.12.11