murmurRengee and Kaerutobi Frog-Jumping Rite (Kinpusenji Temple)
Yoshino Town · Zao-do Hall, Kinpusenji Temple (Mt. Yoshino)
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Kinpusenji Temple · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early July
- How the date is set
- Every year on July 7
- Venue
- Zao-do Hall, Kinpusenji Temple (Mt. Yoshino)
- City
- Yoshino Town, Nara
About
Every July 7, Kinpusenji on Mt. Yoshino holds one of its three great yearly ceremonies, featuring a giant green frog. In the early afternoon a drum float carrying the frog leaves the front of Chikurin-in and parades with a procession into the Zao-do Hall. After the service comes the frog-jumping rite, and at the end the frog receives the precepts from the presiding priest and happily becomes human again. A large outdoor fire ritual is also performed in the grounds. The core Rengee rite offers Zao Gongen lotus flowers from Benten Pond in Okuda, Yamato-Takada, where the ascetic En no Gyoja is said to have had his first bath; the lotuses are picked there that same morning.
Sources
- OfficialKinpusenji Temple www.kinpusen.or.jp
- OfficialKinpusenji Temple www.kinpusen.or.jp
- Reference金峯山寺 蓮華会・蛙飛び｜吉野町公式ホームページ www.town.yoshino.nara.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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