At Kinpusenji, a World Heritage Site in Yoshino Town, Nara Prefecture, a traditional event "Frog Flying" was held that reproduced the tradition that a man who was transformed into a frog by a monk trained and was returned to a human being. It was.
"Frog flying" is a traditional event that is said to have continued since the Heian period, and it is said that a man who was transformed into a frog by a monk by insulting Yamabushi was later trained and returned to humans. It is reproduced.
On the 7th, a man wearing a frog in the main hall of the temple, Zao-do, appeared, jumped on the stage, and then knelt down in front of the monk.
Applause was raised from the worshipers who watched the frog return to humans after the monks chanted sutras.
Every year, a frog-like man parades around Mt. Yoshino before he appears in Zao-do, but this was canceled to prevent the spread of the new corona.
A man in his 40s from Mie Prefecture said, "I saw it for the first time, but the movement of the frog was cute and interesting."