Tenjin Festival at Shirahata Tenjin Shrine
January 25, 2027
Every year on January 25th, the Tenjin Festival is held to commemorate Sugawara no Michizane's memorial day. This ritual originated from children in the community placing red and white rice cakes on plum branches, symbolizing plum blossoms, which were then offered before the deity to pray for academic success and good health. Although the tradition lapsed after the 1940s, it was revived as a shrine event in 2003. Representatives and parishioners carry a bale decorated with the red and white rice cake branches around the shrine grounds like a portable shrine before dedicating it inside the worship hall.
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