[Miyagi Prefecture, Zao Town] 1/13 Departure from Sendai Station - A life trip to experience the gods of Zao that combines mountain worship - A winter experience tour of Miyagi 5 nights 6 days long stay

A life trip experience that combines mountain worship and lets you feel the gods of Zao. A 5-night, 6-day long stay. A life trip experience tour that combines two traditional cultures with different stories of worshiping Mt. Katta in the Zao mountain range, and lets you feel closer to the "gods" at two shrines that have long been the spiritual home of local residents. At the "Dawn Pilgrimage to Kattamine Shrine" held at Kattamine Shrine in the Miya district, you can enjoy a special tour of unreleased content that has only been held locally until now, such as the "100-kan Shimenawa Offering," where one of the largest shimenawa ropes in Japan is carried and dedicated to the sacred tree! A limited experience that utilizes Yugami Shrine, which was built to give thanks to the gods for the source of Togatta Onsen, which has been in operation for over 400 years, and serves dishes made from ingredients that have been blessed by natural bounty from volcanic activity, and lets you experience a ceremony of thanks. This Yugami Shrine is an unopened, uncrowded area that is only known to a select few local residents. We provide content that allows you to experience the culture and food surrounding this shrine in one place. In addition, both contents are high-value-added tours with lighting and night contents that visually make you feel the mountain god in mountain worship. Expected schedule "1/13 (Mon)" 16:00 Meet at Sendai Station 17:30 Hotel 18:00 Dinner 18:00 Yukami Shrine "1/14 (Tue)" 9:15 Departure 10:00 Fox Village 10:45 Departure 11:30 Zao Duck Lunch 12:30 Departure 13:45 Juhyo Tour 16:00 Travel 17:00 Dawn Visit 22:00 Travel 22:15 Hotel "1/15 (Wed)" Morning free ~ Lunch, walking around town, eating ~ 13:00 Travel 14:00 Zao Sake Brewery 15:00 Travel 15:45 Hotel 17:30 Dinner "1/16 (Thu)" 9:15 Departure 9:35 Atelier Tsutafuan Dyed cloth accessory making experience (stole) 11:00 Departure 11:15 Zelkova Zao beef lunch 12:30 Move 13:00 Yogurt workshop Atreyu 13:45 Move 14:25 Woodworking craft experience @ Miyagi Zao Kokeshi Museum 16:00 Move 16:05 Hotel 17:30 Dinner "1/17 (Fri)" 9:00 Departure 10:15 Strawberry picking 11:15 Move 12:00 Aquaignis Sendai Lunch 13:30 Aquaignis Sendai 14:30 Move 15:00 Kanehebisui Shrine 15:45 Move 17:30 Hotel 18:00 Nourakushin Full course dinner "1/18 (Sat)" 9:00 Departure 9:45 Prayer and Goshuin 10:45 Departure 11:45 Disbandment @ Sendai Station

This festival is held every year at Kattamine Shrine in the Miya district. For the past 70 years, men who are in their unlucky years (42 years old according to the traditional Japanese age reckoning system) carry 100-kan shimenawa ropes and parade through the town before making an offering to the 500-year-old sacred Meoto Sugi tree in the shrine grounds. In addition, Kagura performances and a Dondo festival are held in the shrine grounds.

In order to visually draw attention to the mountain god of mountain worship, at Yugami Shrine, a performance will be held during the event that utilizes light (illuminations and searchlights) that will shine in the direction of the worship destination or on landmarks (such as the direction towards the peak of Mt. Katta).