Western Area Moroyama Town
Izumo Iwai Shrine Autumn Yabusame Festival
The Yabusame (archery on horseback) is a Shinto ritual of the Izumo Iwai Shrine and has been passed on from over 950 years ago, making it a traditional event that still takes place today.
A boy around the age of 15 will train rigorously until the festival to perform the ceremony. Not only is the vigor and skill of the boy shooting the arrow from a horse running at full speed a sight worth seeing, but the costume is gorgeous as well!
- Event
- Izumo Iwai Shrine Autumn Yabusame Festival
- Date and time
- November 3rd (Culture Day)
- Venue
- Izumo Iwai Shrine (Moroyama Town Iwainishi 5 Chōme 17-1)
- Access
- 5 minutes on foot from JR Hachikō Line’s “Moro Station”,
10 minutes on foot from Tobu Goose Line’s “Higashi-Moro Station”
- Contact information
- Moroyama Town Historical Folklore Museum Archive 049-295-8282
- Home page
- http://www.town.moroyama.saitama.jp
