JOZAN INARI SHRINE SHIKINEN SHINKOSAI FESTIVAL (HORANENYA) "MOVING OF THE GOD FESTIVAL"
KANGYOSAI - The God is brought back

May 25 (Sun)

The Inari God enshrined in the Adakaya Shrine for eight days is then brought back along the same route to the Jozan Inari Shrine. This marks the end of the nine day mammoth festival.

Those accompanying the splendid procession of ships cry out 'The God has returned'.

The procession lands within the precincts of the Jozan Inari Shrine and the festival finishes on a solemn note with a final offering of a 'Kaitenma' dance as quitely the curtain on this festival closes.