A new year's annual event, "Hoshosai," was held at a shrine in Oda City, Shimane Prefecture, to pray for a year without illness by shooting the target with the word "oni" with an arrow.

The "Samurai Festival" is the annual event of the New Year held on January 6th and 7th at the Monobe Shrine in Kawai-cho, Oda City, which is dedicated to the god of martial arts and martial arts, "Umashimaji Late Life".



On the 7th, the Shinto ritual was first held in the hall of worship, and the priest wrote the word "oni" in ink on the back of a large target about 1 meter in diameter.

After this, two archers who carried the target outdoors and wore a prayer and a hitatare wrote one arrow to the sky and the other to "demon" according to the old style. I shot it toward the target and prayed for a year without illness.

Then, high school Kyudo members and enthusiasts started hitting at a target about 40 meters away, hoping for improvement in Kyudo and good health for the past year.



Reitoshi Katayama, director of the Nima High School Kyudo Club, said, "Last year was a disappointing year because the whole prefecture disappeared. I hope that when the corona converges, the whole prefecture will be able to exert its strength in June." Was there.