Mitakari Festival and Kami-sumo at Oharano Shrine

Essentials

location

Oharano Shrine, main hall and sumo ring in the grounds

period

September 13, 2026 (Sun)

Time

10:00–16:00 (night concert from 18:00)

cost

Free (no viewing fee is listed)

Links

• Official Website

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access

From Hankyu Higashi-Muko or JR Mukomachi station, take the Hankyu bus bound for Minami-Kasuga-cho to the last stop, then walk about 8 minutes. By car, about 7 minutes from the Oharano IC on the Kyoto Daini-Gaikan expressway; paid parking in the shrine grounds.

There are 1 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Oharano Shrine, main hall and sumo ring in the grounds, and 2 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.

Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.

TICKETS / REGISTRATION

No booking is needed to watch. To take part in the baby ring-entering, contact the Kasuga-cho community hall (075-331-0816, Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 10:00–15:30, until 12:00 on the 1st and 3rd Thursday). For the shrine itself, call the office (075-331-0014, 9:00–17:00).

NOTE

How the Kami-sumo works:

• One wrestler is chosen from Kita-Kasuga-cho for the east and one from Minami-Kasuga-cho for the west
• They wear the mawashi belts conferred at the Mitakari rite and purify the four pillars of the ring with sacred sake before the bouts
• Each holds a paper twist of salt in his mouth, replacing it with every ritual movement
• The east pushes the west out in the first bout, the west pushes the east out in the second, ending one win apiece

Background:

• Records from 1717 show the rite is more than 300 years old
• Registered as an intangible folk cultural property of Kyoto City in March 2015
• Oharano Shrine was the first branch of Kasuga Taisha in Nara and is known as Kyo-Kasuga

*Start times and running order may change on the day.

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出典: 大原野神社 公式サイト「令和8年 御田刈祭」