murmurTado Festival Ageuma Horse-Riding Ritual (Tado Taisha Shrine)
Kuwana City · Tado Taisha Shrine, Tado-cho
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Mie Prefecture Tourism Federation (Kanko Mie) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- May 4–5, 2026 （Ended） Confirmed from the official annual schedule and Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (Kyodo News)’s notice for that year
- 2027
- May 4–5, 2027
- Usual timing
- Usually early May
- How the date is set
- Every year, May 4 – May 5 Held on May 4 and 5 every year as part of Tado Taisha's annual festival
- Venue
- Tado Taisha Shrine, Tado-cho
- City
- Kuwana City, Mie
About
At the Tado Festival, the annual rite of Tado Taisha, young riders gallop their horses up a slope in the Ageuma ritual. Tado Taisha is sometimes called the Ise Grand Shrine of the North. The riders are young men, one chosen from each of 3 districts, Koyama, Totsu and Tado, and they charge up the slope as an offering to the gods; the district that rides first, a role that rotates each year, is called hana-uma. The festival lasts 2 days, and early on the final morning the riders purify themselves in the Ochiba River before the main rites. It is said to have begun with local samurai families in the 14th century; after Oda Nobunaga's wars destroyed the shrine's records and the rite lapsed, Honda Tadakatsu, newly installed as lord of Kuwana Castle, revived it in 1601. It became an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Mie Prefecture in 1978. The shrine is about 20 minutes on foot from Tado Station on the Yoro Railway, and parking runs short, so come by train.
Sources
- OfficialMie Prefecture Tourism Federation (Kanko Mie) www.kankomie.or.jp
- OfficialTado Taisha Shrine tadotaisya.or.jp
- Date checkKumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (Kyodo News) kumanichi.com
- Reference豊作願い、人馬で坂駆け上る 三重・多度大社で神事（共同通信） kumanichi.com
Last checked: Oct 11, 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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