Laundry of “passed Hachimaki” returned by students who passed the desired school Yamaguchi Hofu December 16th 13:52
Before the arrival of the full-fledged exam season, “Pass Hachimaki” was held at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is known as the god of learning.
“Pass Hachimaki” is sold to students by Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, but students and students who have passed the school they wished to give away are lucky gifts that were returned with gratitude.
On the 16th before the full-fledged season of the exam, about 3200 honey balls that were washed by four people in one corner of the precinct were carefully dried.
Hachimaki is about the size of a hand towel when it is spread out, and a message of gratitude and encouragement to juniors is written on it.
Hachimaki is carefully ironed and distributed to students who visit Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, and it also accepts applications by mail.
Once, Mr. Nanami Harada who challenged the high school entrance exam with this humming, said, “I want to do my best with this humming.