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Mita Jinja/Mita Shrine
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Otogui-no-Gi at Mita Shrine
March 17th
14:00 - 14:30
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| karakami no mai |
| At first, priests make a line in front of Kagura-den. Then move to Mita shrine. map |
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Mita Shrine enshrines Ootoshi-no-kami, a god of huge harvest.
Before the ritual, priests throw round shaped oblations (mochi ?) to the
roof of Doyo-den building,and
and hold Otogui-no-gi ceremony, which priests perform the action of feeding
crows.
You can also watch Karakami-no-mai that look like the flap of a bird's
wings.
It is said that, in old days, priests didn't hold ritual in case crows
don't eat oblations.
