Events & festivals・Sendai

Donto-saiDonto-sai

Also known as: どんと祭・松焚祭

A fire festival held at Koshogatsu (Little New Year) in which New Year decorations and old talismans are burned. In Sendai the Matsutaki Festival at Osaki Hachimangu is well known, where worshippers make a 'naked pilgrimage' to pray for good health.

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