murmurTamine Dengaku Ritual Dance
Shitara Town · Damine Kannon (Kosho-ji Temple)
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Damine Kannon (Kosho-ji Temple) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Feb 14, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid February
- How the date is set
- The 2nd Saturday of February
- Venue
- Damine Kannon (Kosho-ji Temple)
- City
- Shitara Town, Aichi
About
On the second Saturday of February, Damine Kannon (Kosho-ji Temple) in Shitara performs Tamine Dengaku, a cycle of ritual music and dance asking for a good harvest. It comes in three parts. The daytime dengaku holds rites and dances for the gods; the night dengaku, inside the Kannon hall, acts out the steps of rice farming, from making hoes and clearing weirs to choosing seed; and the morning dengaku brings masked dances by fires lit at the four corners of the grounds. For days before, the performers keep a strict regimen of purification, pouring cold water over themselves daily. Said to have been passed down since 1559, it is a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property and one of Mikawa's three dengaku, together with Horaiji and Kurosawa.
Sources
- OfficialDamine Kannon (Kosho-ji Temple) damine-kannon.jp
- OfficialAichi Prefecture Tourism (Aichi Now) aichinow.pref.aichi.jp
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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