Kodakasuwa Shrine - Tone District

There are festivals on the first Sunday of April and the first Sunday of October, and the festival in April is a big kagura festival.

God of honor Takeno Aichi God Kushi Gomi Nomi Izushi Sumo Oya Reiko Oshi Kiseki Hikari Oshigami Yasaka Tosei Oshio Shibajima Princess Omozu Water Remedies Shimizu Oshio Shimizu Oshio Shito Oyama Otoko Oji Otomu Sugahara Michiko Yawa Iriojin Honorable Sister Sado Nozomi Oyokuda Ikunomu, Iku Nada Hokumei Hokukai Addu Naru Chimei Tenshi Otoki Kihana Saki Himeji Kisaku Shitsu Shimei Tsuyoshi Hoshinou Daikoku Otogi Kenha Iku Oshiyama Himeji Shiki Akitsu Princesses Dainichi Reitaku fire lightning life National monument life Designated intangible folk cultural property "Koshima dance of Kodaka Suwa Shrine" "Odaka Shrine Taiji Kagura" is dedicated to Lion dance that has been handed down for over three hundred years. In the first half of the Edo period, people in the Sakagami area, which is higher than Shigamura Pass, which has been cut as agricultural water, called Suwa Shrine in Shinshu so that there is no water shortage, and praying for God and dedicating lion dance is the beginning. . In the latter half of the Edo period, there was a great hunger due to the rainfall, and it was disgusted with Reiko Aodate and was interrupted, but in 1885 (1882), it was learned and revived the lion dance of Fujiwara. Lion dance is originally a form of Kagura that prays for epidemic plague and life expectancy. Every year, it is dedicated in the shrine grounds by three persons of the Lion Head, Maiko, Lions, and a few people on October 1st of the Fall Festival. (From the information board) Higan Sakura of Odaka Suwa Shrine The Edo-Higanshi, 3.4m in height around the trunk and 200 years of age, is next to the torii at the entrance of the shrine and stands out on the road side. Edo-gishi-zakura is one of the wild species of cherry blossoms, and it has this name because it blooms along the bank. It has been used as a mother species of many varieties because of the characteristic that many flowers bloom. In addition, one parent of Some Yoshino, Some Yoshino belonging to this group is extremely famous for its splendid flowers. (From the site "Sakura Weather" and Wik)