Niigata Prefecture・Murakami City
Sanpoku Botamochi Festival
A night of giving thanks for the harvest and celebrating community ties through large botamochi
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A night of giving thanks for the harvest and celebrating community ties through large botamochi
Wheel-shaped rice planting passed down in Sado, spreading outward from the center of the paddy
An ancient Sado ritual in which seven shrine attendants present prayers for the rice crop before the deity
A Sado ritual that acts out rice planting with yuzuriha leaves and prays for a good harvest
Sado’s Ta-asobi ritual, depicting hopes for a good harvest in the worship hall’s rice paddy