Hatsuuma Festival at Fushimi Inari Taisha
High crowdKansaiKyoto, Kyoto
Date
February, first Day of the Horse (2027 date not yet announced)
Region
Kansai
About this festival
Fushimi Inari Taisha holds its Hatsuuma festival on the first Day of the Horse in February, starting at 8:00, to commemorate the day the Inari deity first settled on Mount Inari. The shrine says it is regarded as the foremost festival of early spring in Kyoto, and worshippers fill the front of the shrine from the preceding Day of the Snake. Two days earlier, decorations called Aoyama kazari, made of cedar and chinquapin branches from Mount Inari, are placed on the main hall and the auxiliary shrines.
Highlights
- โHeld on the first Day of the Horse in February from 8:00
- โAoyama kazari branch decorations put up two days beforehand
- โWorshippers gather from the preceding Day of the Snake
- โShirushi no sugi cedar charms for business prosperity and household safety
Getting There
JR Inari Station, right next to the shrine; Keihan Fushimi-Inari Station, about 5 minutes on foot
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