Futotamabashira Festival/lit. Large Siritual Pillar festival
太玉柱祭/Futotamabashira-sai
Last Sunday of January (annual)
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Futotamabashira Replacing Festival (Every 4 or 5 years)
太玉柱造替祭/Futotamabashira-Zohtaisai




Pictures of Futotama-bashira replacing Festival in 2009

Remove old Futotama-bashira	See through the hole after removing Futotama-bashira	Clean a hole after removing the pillar (approx. 310cm-deep)
Carry a new pillar	We can touch the upper part of "Futotama- bashira" before setting.	Lifting up

Futotama-bashira suspended from a crane

Move Futotama-bashira carefully	Careful footing	Putting shimenawa on

Purify the new Futotama-bashira by　tossing kirinusa切麻/切幣, sacred Shinto's confetti-like paper.	Pray