Katori Jingū Shrine’s Danki Festival

更新日:2021年8月13日

Katori Jingū Shrine’s Danki Festival

Also known as the Hachikoku Hachimasu (approx. 1285 kg of rice) Rice Dumpling (dango) Festival, this festival dedicates rice dumplings made from freshly harvested rice to show appreciation for the year’s bountiful harvest. It is also said to be a festival to express gratitude for the female deities’ services at the Large Banquet Festival, another bountiful harvest appreciation ritual which takes place on November 30th. This Shinto ritual is unusual in that there is no sake offering. After the festival, rice dumplings are distributed to the visitors. It is said that eating this rice dumpling will prevent you from catching a cold.

Date and Time

Date: December 7th

Time: from 6:00 PM

Venue

Katori Jingū Shrine

1697-1 Katori, Katori City

Access

By train:

  • 10 min by car from JR Sawara Station
  • 30 min walk from JR Katori Station
  • Take the Chiba Kotsu Bus from JR Sawara Station bound for JR Omigawa Station via Kamisato. Get off at Katori Jingū Shrine bus stop.
  • Take the Kantetsu Green Bus from JR Sawara Station bound for Katori Jingū Shrine.

Note: There are only a few busses per day.

By car:

  • 2 min from Sawara-Katori IC on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway

By highway bus:

  • Take the Kantetsu Green Bus from Tokyo Station bound for Hakota Station. Get off at Katori Jingū Shrine bus stop and walk for 1 minute.
  • Take the Chiba Kotsu Bus from Hamamatsu-chō Station or Tokyo Station bound for Chōshi via Yatsu. Get off at Sawara Katori bus stop and walk for 15 minutes.

Contact Information

0478-57-3211

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