Wakayama, Sep 22 (News On Japan) –
Katsuura Hachiman Shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, held its annual pageant on September twenty first, drawing vacationers with the spectacular “Underwater Purification” ritual during which carriers of the mikoshi, or transportable shrine, leapt into the ocean from the fishing port pier.
The pageant started with a parade by way of the port city earlier than transferring into the ocean, the place individuals prayed for a bountiful catch and secure voyages.
Afterward, the mikoshi was positioned on a ship and rowed by younger males again to the shrine. At the port, one other small boat crewed by younger males awaited, and the celebration reached its climax because the mikoshi arrived on the pier and plunged into the ocean, sending up a splash that drew loud cheers from spectators.
Source: Kyodo