# Kashima Jingu Hakuba-sai (White Horse Festival)
_鹿島神宮 白馬祭_

- **When:** Thu, Jan 7, 2027 18:00 (JST)
- **Where:** Kashima Shrine Precincts, Kashima — 2306-1 Miyachu, Kashima, Kashima, Ibaraki
- **Map:** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=35.974564,140.640121
- **Price:** Free entry
- **Category:** Cultural & Ethnic Festivals
- **Official site:** https://kashimajingu.jp/event/%e5%b9%b4%e9%96%93%e3%81%ae%e7%a5%ad%e5%85%b8%e3%83%bb%e8%a1%8c%e4%ba%8b/
- **On Tokyo Events:** https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/kashima-jingu-hakuba-sai-white-horse-festival

An evening New Year rite in which the shrine's sacred white horse is led around the grounds. Seeing the white horse at the start of the year is said to ward off evil, and many visitors spread handkerchiefs on the ground for it to step on.

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Source: Tokyo Events — https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/kashima-jingu-hakuba-sai-white-horse-festival