A traditional event, "Suribachi Yaito," was held in Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture, where worshipers prayed for disease-free breathing under the mortar, which was struck on an inverted mortar.
"Suribachi Yaito", which is handed down to Chudoin in Sabae City, is a medical condition when a former three masters who visited this area during the Heian period put a mortar-shaped furnace on the head of a person suffering from a plague. Is said to have recovered.
On the 20th, while the worshipers were lining up, they were struck on the mortar upside down, and the worshipers prayed for a disease-free life while holding their hands together when they in turn held the mortar over their heads. rice field.
Some people brought pictures of their grandchildren and children who were about to take the exam and held them under the mortar to pray for success.
A boy in the fifth grade of elementary school who worshiped said, "I came for the first time. I think I will get a better score than before in the next test."
"Suribachi Yaito" will be held on the 2nd of next month.