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カテゴリー1： 5. Rites and Festivals
カテゴリー2： Individual Shrine Observances
Title
Hayama shinji
Text
A divination rite (toshiura) predicting the fish catch in the coming year, held at Shishiki Shrine in Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on November 19 and 20. A competition is held in front of the shrine between two teams of three young men each. The teams try to be the first to finish preparing a food offering (shinsen) of bream (tai) for the enshrined kami. The team members are assigned one of the roles of Hayamagiri, Suribachi and Hiresashi.
— Mogi Sakae

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