Mizusawa

Kuroishiji Somin Festival, which has brought the curtain down over 1,000 years of history | 2024 local report [Iwate Prefecture]

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

folk beliefs

Does it last from late at night until morning? Kuroishiji Somin Festival, one of Japan's three great festivals [Iwate Prefecture]

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