Shinto ritual "Maomino no Taro Festival" from the Edo era, Chiba Tateyama, February 20, 16:36
The traditional ritual "Maomino Taro Festival" was held in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture, in which the taro piled up like a mountain was dedicated to a shrine and praying for a year of good harvest and no illness.
This festival is a tradition that has been carried out since the Edo period in the Maoming district of Tateyama City and has been designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of the country.
On the 19th, the house on duty at the Konotoshi festival was gathered on the 19th, and about 200 taro grown by the people of the district were gathered and stabbed in Akahagi branches one by one and stacked in two baskets.
A pile of taro is 60 cm tall and weighs about 30 kg.
On the 20th after dawn, nearly 20 locals carried the shrine to a shrine about 700 meters away, and after the priesthood dedicated it, all the participants prayed for a year of good harvest and disease-free disaster.
According to Shin Ishii (70), mayor of the Maoming district, "I didn't know if there was a series of disasters last year and I could do a festival, but I was able to finish it safely. I want to continue going because it is a tradition of the district "
There is a legend that the donated taro will not catch the cold when eaten, and it was immediately distributed to locals after the festival.