Fukuda Jinja Annual Festival

Festival highlights

The highlight is the hayashi shishimai passed down at Fukuda Jinja.

It is a folk performing art combining shishimai and hayashi, distinguished by having been performed at the annual festival.

Said to date back to the late Edo period, it was designated a Yamato City Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in Showa 44, and is a performing art that conveys the region’s history.

Fukuda Jinja’s annual festival, enlivened by hayashi shishimai said to date back to the late Edo period

What to expect

At the festival, the hayashi shishimai passed down at Fukuda Jinja is performed.

The same performance is also said to have been performed during New Year’s door-to-door visits.

This is a traditional performing art combining shishimai and hayashi, passed down as part of the annual festival at Fukuda Jinja.

Location and access

Venue and address

Fukuda Jinja (Yamato City)

Source: 令和7年7月に行われた現地現場広聴活動／大和市

Event venue 神奈川県大和市 福田神社

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Origins and History of Fukuda Jinja Annual Festival

Fukuda Jinja’s hayashi shishimai is said to date back to the late Edo period.

It was designated a Yamato City Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in Showa 44 and has been performed during New Year’s door-to-door visits and at Fukuda Jinja’s annual festival.

Meanwhile, Yamato City records also note that a shortage of successors had been a concern even before the COVID-19 pandemic, and that requests had been made to revoke the designation.

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Official information

An information page from Yamato City Library introduces the origins of Fukuda Jinja’s hayashi shishimai, its cultural-property designation, and its place in performances at events such as the annual festival.

Fukuda Jinja Annual Festival at a Glance

The Fukuda Jinja Annual Festival is a festival associated with the hayashi shishimai passed down at Fukuda Jinja in southwestern Yamato City.

The hayashi shishimai is said to date back to the late Edo period and was designated a Yamato City Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in Showa 44.

It has been performed during New Year’s door-to-door visits and at the annual festival, while a shortage of successors has become a concern; requests to revoke its designation have also been documented.

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