The shrine maiden on June 2, 2009 is Umechigiri Dazaifu Temmangu.

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"Umechigiri" that harvested the truth of god tree "Tobiume" assumed to be a flight from the capital adoring the festival god and the Sugawara true public road that had been relegated to Kyushu in Dazaifu Temmangu in Dazaifu City on the first was done.

The truth that the Shinto priest shook his branch with the bamboo pole after the divine service and diameter 2?3 centimeter is blue was dropped, and five shrine maidens (shrine maiden) gleaned it. Harvests on this day are 105 pieces. 136 pieces in total were dedicated to the main shrine with 31 pieces collected beforehand. It is said recently the harvest of many according to Tenmangu Shrine. After only the seed is actually taken out and the sun is dried, it guards.

It is suzumidonomaturi in Grand Shrine of Izumo.

Festival connected to tradition that large country lord's command of [matsukami] took cool from precincts to the east with Izumonomori of about 200 meters. It advanced while firmly stepping on gramineous perennial "[Makomo]" on the way of Mitarai in precincts where the sand of purification had been piled up after the chief priest of a shrine of [touto**] Senke who had worn the pall of [asachi] for summer on this day had read out the congratulatory address under [mukunoki] of the forest.

When this [makomo] was taken home, it transmitted in summer when be able the keep well, and parishioners fought and were picking up ahead.


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