Sending New Year's Kadomatsu to the Antarctic Research Expedition Shinto ritual Ehime Uwajima October 20, 1:06
A New Year's Kadomatsu will be sent from Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture, to the Antarctic Research Expedition, which is more than 14,000 kilometers away from Japan. I was.
Kadomatsu will be sent to the Youth Conference Center in Uwajima City. On the 19th, 12 members will bring Kadomatsu to the precincts of Warei Shrine, and in front of Kadomatsu, a Shinto ritual to pray for the safety of the road and the health of the observation team. It was done.
Kadomatsu is 1.5 meters high and weighs 15 kilograms, and is decorated with pine, bamboo, plum, and nandina.
Sending Kadomatsu from Uwajima to the Antarctic began in 1974 when Mamoru Morita, the captain of the icebreaker "Fuji" carrying the Antarctic Research Expedition, was originally from Uwajima City, and this is the 46th time.
Kenzo Morioka, President of the Uwajima Youth Council, said, "This is a kadomatsu handmade by the members so that the members can experience the New Year's mood in Japan. I prayed for the safety of the voyage and no illness." ..
Kadomatsu will be shipped to Tokyo on the 19th, and will be put on the icebreaker Shirase next month and head for Antarctica.