Tamatori-sai (Tamaseseri) at Hakozaki Shrine
High crowdKyushuFukuoka, Fukuoka
Date
January 3
Region
Kyushu
About this festival
Tamatori-sai, also known as Tamaseseri, is held at Hakozaki Shrine every January 3. After a purification ceremony at 13:00, participants wearing only loincloths splash through water and fight over a wooden ball. If the land side lifts the ball the harvest is expected to be good, and if the beach side does the catch is expected to be good.
Highlights
- โPurification ceremony at 13:00, event until about 14:30
- โParticipants in loincloths scramble for a wooden ball
- โLand side versus beach side forecasts the year
- โBalls carried about 250 m east to Tamatori Ebisu Shrine
Getting There
Hakozakigu-mae Station (Fukuoka City Subway Hakozaki Line), about 3 minutes on foot
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