Religion of Tenjin

[Fukushima Prefecture] Can we replace the year's various disasters with "lies"? Iizaka Onsen/Takahata Tenmangu Shrine...

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

[Fukushima Prefecture] What is Fukushima City's "Usokae Festival"? With a wish to turn disaster into a lie

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