Kuroseku-ji Temple's “Somin Festival”, which continued for 1000 years, is a curtain of history... 200 undercover men compete for amulets

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Kuroseku-ji Temple's “Somin Festival”, which continued for 1000 years, is a curtain of history... 200 undercover men compete for amulets

[Yomiuri Shimbun] The strange festival “Somin Festival (Sominsai)” at Kokusekiji (Kokusekiji) in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture was held on the 17th. This was the last time due to a shortage of workers and an aging population, and the curtain came to an end on a history that is said to have continued for over 1000 years. Somin Festival is a good harvest of five grains (