[:ja]高松山初寅大祭(たかまつさんはつとらたいさい)[:en]Takamatsu Yamato Tora Great Festival (Takamatsu is a part of it)[:]

[:ja]高松山の初寅祭は、毘沙門天のお祭りで、毘沙門天の霊験が一番強い(一年で一番御利益がある)旧暦の初めての寅の日に執行され、境内には露店が軒をつらね、多くの参拝者で賑わいます。
毘沙門天は四天王の一人で、北方を護る神様で東北の守り神とされ、商売繁盛・家内安全・長寿・勝運など様々な御利益がある神様です。

参拝者の願いを叶える為の御祈祷、御詠歌舞踊や権現太鼓の奉納、裸神輿、福銭まきなど様々な催しが行われます。
お神輿からから投げられる梵天を取った者には福が訪れるといわれ、多くの参拝者が梵天を取り合います。最後には豪華景品が当たる福銭まきが行われます。

多くの参拝者が梵天を取り合います。

■タイムスケジュール
18:00 開式
18:05 梵天清め式
18:45 採燈護摩・護摩祈祷
19:25 御詠歌舞踊奉納
19:30 子供みこし
19:40 高松山権現太鼓奉納
20:00 青年裸御輿・招福梵天取り
20:20 福銭まき[:en]The first raid of Takamatsuyama is a festival of Bishamonten, which was executed on the first day of the Tiger’s Day of the Lunar New Year’s Day (the most profitable in one year), with the Bishamonten’s inspiration being the most intriguing, the stalls pecked in the precincts , It is crowded with many worshipers.
Bishamonten is one of the four heavenly kings, is a god that protects the northern side and it is a guardian deity of Tohoku, it is a god with various benefits such as prosperous business, domestic safety, longevity, victory.

Various events such as prayers for fulfilling the wishes of the worshipers, dedication of the singing dance and dedicated drums, bare shrine mikoshi, bamboo sushi etc. are held.
People who took the brahma thrown from a shrine are said to have good luck, and many worshipers will keep braiding together. In the end, Fukumakemaki won a gorgeous prize will be held.

Many worshipers will keep brahma together.

■ Time schedule
18: 00 opening
18: 05 Bless-wee purification ceremony
18: 45 Ledgers wearing · Mukamakura prayer
19: 25 Oshika dance service
19:30 Children’s mushushi
19: 40 Takamatsu Mountain Exhibition Taiko Dedication
20: 00 Youth naked mikoshi, invitation Brahma
20:20 Buddhist priest

Venue: Takamatsu-yama Kanonji(Fukushima Prefecture Honmiya City Binzawa character Takamatsu 27)
open time: From 6 PM to 8:30 PM
event date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 (Wed)
Remarks concerning the opening date: http://www.city.motomiya.lg.jp/soshiki/15/236.html
Access method (other): 10 minutes by car from main line JR Tohoku Main Line
For inquiries: 0243-44-3822 (Takamatsu-yama Kanonji)[:]