Osasa Shrine - Agatsuma District

You can feel calm while walking along the mossy approach. It's not a gorgeous place, but it's a place where you can feel a very nice atmosphere.

Ozasa Shrine Main festival god Ken Onomoku Life Yasaka Sword Sale God of God, Ijo no Joson, Kiku Rimehime, Oyama Gion, Kuraine Tamashii, Nihonbuson, Sugawara Michizane "Osasa Shrine Lion Dance" In mid-September, the Ozasa Lion Dance is the first day of the Ozasa Shrine evening festival, and the next day is the dedication day. The lion dances gathered at the shrine walk together in the ward. On the way, there is a dedication of the dance at Rokkasho and other places in the public hall, and the dance at the shrine is the devoted dance. We pray for safety in the ward and for abundant harvest of five grains. (From the Tsumagoi Village Office website) Important cultural property designated by Tsumagoi-mura "Basho's phrase monument" In front of Ozasa Shrine, there is an inscription written by Ikatsuan Bamboo in 1853. "Oh, the time signature of the Hibari Haruka and the voice of the lottery" It is a work by Basho Genroku 3 (1690) in the sense that the sound of a high-pitched pheasant can be heard as if the voice of Hibari was thin. (From the local information board) There are also folk tales related to Osamura. "Senkintan from Kappa" In the old days, when a serious illness occurred, the villagers took a basket instead of riding in a basket, crossing the Torii Pass and reaching the doctor in Ueda. It seems that babies and other injured people died before going down the mountain pass. There was a great doctor in Osamura, and a sick person came to my home from near my hometown, but I couldn't cure it very well. He told me that the story was early, but he had a good reputation for his big heart and amiability. One day, a suddenly sick person came up in Himata village to go to the house, and the doctor went out by horse. It was said that it was completely in the middle of the night when I went down Orasa no Uramachi, go down the Rabbit no Sawa, cross the Torii River bridge, went out to Sunai, went to Himata village, and returned after finishing the home visit. He said that he was a big doctor, and he was not worried. When I tried to cross the bridge of the Torii River, the horse stopped suddenly when I hit the middle, and even if I hit it hard, I told him that it stopped moving. I thought it was weird and I looked into the horse's foot, and it seemed to be stuck. The doctor said that he cut his skin with his sword on his waist, and when he went home without looking at the foot of the horse, he found something like a strange hand sticking to him. The doctor took it home and put it between the beds and slept. Around midnight, when the doctor awoke to the sound of tapping on the door, there was a call from someone called "Good evening" "Good evening" "Good evening". I wondered who it was late at night, but "What's wrong?" He said he opened the door, and then something like a lump in the garden was facing me and bowing his head. When I looked closely, there was a plate on my head, and the doctor said, "Are you kappa?" "Ah, oh, it's the Torii river kappa. Please give me your hand to avoid any evil. I hope, "he says," hold him with one hand and bow his head again and again. " The doctor became sorry, and he operated on Kappa's hand and sewed it. He said, "I don't want to play tricks anymore. Thank you, thank you." A few days after that, there was a tapping sound again and again, and when the doctor opened the door and looked at it, Kappa stood and said, "Thank you for not coming I will teach them how to make medicine, "he told the doctor about kappa medicine. I was half suspicious that when a doctor made a medicine and gave it to a sick person, a disease that had not been cured until now was immediately cured. Surprisingly delighted doctors, this kappa medicine is a wonderful medicine worth a thousand bucks. It was said that the Kappa Senkintan made more and more people and healed many people and thrived for generations. "Now, I'll drink Senkintan, so I'll have a fever by tomorrow." (From "Aigo --- Kaminobu Kogen Folktales")