Hara no Kami Okuri in Kumone: tracing the village’s memories
Hara no Kami Okuri
Festival information
EVENT INFORMATION- Location
- Shimō Ikusaka, Kumone
- Area
- Nagano Prefecture・Ikusaka Village(From Tokyo: approx. 1 h 20 min–1 h 50 min · bullet train)Prefecture-level estimate to a main station or airport, not the venue. Airport access, check-in and onward travel are extra; remote areas and islands can take much longer.
- Last updated
- 2026/11/12
Hara no Kami Okuri, passed down in Kumone, Shimō Ikusaka, Ikusaka Village, is an event recorded as an intangible folk cultural property in the village’s cultural properties list.
About Hara no Kami Okuri
Hara no Kami Okuri is an event passed down in Kumone, Shimō Ikusaka, Ikusaka Village.
Ikusaka Village’s cultural properties list includes it as an intangible folk cultural property under the name “Kumone no Hara no Kami Okuri.”
The same list also includes “Kita-daira no Hara no Kami Okuri” in Ōhinata, showing that events called Hara no Kami Okuri have been passed down in multiple areas of the village.
Festival highlights
One notable point is that the event passed down in Kumone is recorded as an intangible folk cultural property designated by Ikusaka Village.
The cultural properties list gives the location explicitly as “Shimō Ikusaka, Kumone” and lists it under the proper name “Kumone no Hara no Kami Okuri.”
An event with the same name is also listed in Kita-daira, Ōhinata, within the village, offering a clue to local traditions in different areas.
Hara no Kami Okuri in Kumone: tracing the village’s memories
Location and access
- Venue and address
Shimō Ikusaka, Kumone
Address Shimō Ikusaka, Kumone
Origins and History of Hara no Kami Okuri
The available sources do not explain the origins or date of establishment of Hara no Kami Okuri.
Meanwhile, Ikusaka Village’s cultural properties list includes “Kumone no Hara no Kami Okuri” as an intangible folk cultural property, with H1 in the designation field.
There is also a record of a visit to Kumone no Hara no Kami Okuri in the summer of Showa 62, so the event was documented and visited at least around that time.
Official information
Kumone no Hara no Kami Okuri is listed as an intangible folk cultural property on the “Ikusaka Village Cultural Properties” page of the official Ikusaka Village website.
Hara no Kami Okuri at a Glance
Hara no Kami Okuri is an event passed down in Kumone, Shimō Ikusaka, Ikusaka Village, and is listed as an intangible folk cultural property in the village’s cultural properties list.
The same list also includes Hara no Kami Okuri in Kita-daira, Ōhinata, showing that events with the same name have been passed down in multiple areas of the village.
昭和62年の夏に雲根の行事を訪れた記録もあります。
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Article updated: 2026/11/12
