HYOGO, Jan 07 (News On Japan) –
Kami Town in western Japan held its first ‘snow begging’ ritual in 23 years as lack of snowfall has pressured ski resorts to stay closed.
At Ryugu Shrine, positioned on the base of Hachibuse Mountain in Hyogo Prefecture, and residential to a dragon deity thought-about a god of water, tourism affiliation members and ski resort representatives carried out the snow begging ritual Saturday morning, hoping for snowfall.
The three ski resorts in Kami Town are often bustling with folks round this time annually. However, this season has seen little snowfall, main all of the resorts to droop operations. Among them, Hachi Kita Ski Resort, which opened on December 23, is reportedly unable to even use machines to artificially create snow.
This snow begging ritual is the primary in 23 years, and stakeholders expressed their want to reopen the ski resorts as quickly as attainable.
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