[Ise] On the 5th, the Omita Festival, a prefecturally designated intangible folk cultural property, was held at Sarutahiko Shrine in Ujiurata, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, to pray for a bountiful harvest and a good catch of fish. Eighteen local residents, dressed in costumes from the Momoyama period, served as "planters" and planted rice seedlings in the shrine's sacred rice field. The rice will be harvested in late August or early September, and t…
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[Ise] On the 5th, the Omita Festival, a prefecturally designated intangible folk cultural property, was held at Sarutahiko Shrine in Ujiurata, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, to pray for a bountiful harvest and a good catch of fish. Eighteen local residents, dressed in costumes from the Momoyama period, served as "planters" and planted rice seedlings in the shrine's sacred rice field. The rice will be harvested in late August or early September, and t…