murmurBingo Tojo Otori Procession
Shobara City · From Tojo Elementary School along the old Tojo highway street, Tojo-cho
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Shobara City (Tojo tourism site) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early November
- How the date is set
- Announced each year Early November each year
- Venue
- From Tojo Elementary School along the old Tojo highway street, Tojo-cho
- City
- Shobara City, Hiroshima
About
In early November, a procession of about 200 people walks the old streets of Tojo-cho, Shobara, in a tradition kept up for more than 400 years. It is said to date from 1601, when Nagao Hayato, newly installed as lord of Gohongadake Castle in Tojo, celebrated victory at Sekigahara by adding a column of warriors to the festival's portable shrine procession. In the era of the Asano clan, the last-day procession that took the portable shrines of Kawanishi Hachiman and Tenjin Shrine around town and back to the Hachiman shrine came to be called the Otori. Today the Otori preservation society organizes a feudal lord's procession, a warrior procession, a horo procession and a procession of costumed young children. Look out for children carrying elaborately decorated horo, a sight rarely found elsewhere in Japan, and displays by the matchlock and cannon squads. A street gallery event runs in the old town on the same day.
Sources
- OfficialShobara City (Tojo tourism site) namica.net
- Referenceお通り ３年ぶりの開催決定！ | Dive! Hiroshima dive-hiroshima.com
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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