なまはげの男鹿温泉 元湯雄山閣＆なまはげ柴灯まつり後編

For dinner, we quickly went to the restaurant "Gofuan." Because we were participating in the Namahage Festival, dinner on this day started at 4pm (;^ω^) As for drinks, we decided to go with white wine, as we planned to drink sake at the festival. The main course was hot stone pot. The bucket contained miso soup made with dissolved white miso. The lady put a stone in the bucket and demonstrated how to make the main dish, hot stone pot. When the red-hot stone, about 500℃, was put into the bucket, an incredible amount of steam rose. It was spectacular! Namahage no Yu Motoyu Yusankaku, Oga Onsenkyo, Akita Prefecture Address: 52 Kusakihara, Kitaura Yumoto, Oga City, Akita Prefecture TEL 0185-33-3121 Namahage Sedo Festival 2025 I went to the Namahage Sedo Festival, which is held for three days at Shinzan Shrine in Oga City, Akita Prefecture, from the second Friday to Sunday of February every year. 2025.2.7 (Fri), 8 (Sat), 9 (Sun) 18:00-20:30 I participated in the fun on the 8th (Sat). The festival starts at 18:00. It started with a purification ritual called Chinkamasai and Yunomai. After that, the Namahage Soul-in ceremony was held at the entrance to the approach to the shrine. Young people dressed as Namahage came down from the mountain and lined up on the stone steps. The priest bestowed upon them Namahage masks imbued with the spirit, the young people put them on, transformed into Namahage, and returned to the mountain. Reenactment of the Namahage Event at Kaguraden This is a reenactment of the folk event "Namahage" held on New Year's Eve all over Oga city, in which Namahage visit houses, leave a speech, and then return. "Namahage Taiko" is a local performing art that combines Namahage with Japanese drums, and the Namahage looked really cool. And the climax was the "Namahage Descends the Mountain." The Namahage carrying torches appeared from deep in the mountain, and the sight of them descending the snowy slope one after another was very fantastical. Illuminated by the light of the giant fire lanterns and torches, the Namahage paraded around the flames, received rice cakes from the priest, and returned to the mountain again. You can bathe all night, but only until 9am. There is no switching between the men's and women's baths. The water is salty and warms you up nicely. Spring quality: sodium chloride spring, temperature 54.4℃, pH 7.5, free-flowing from the source. No, it's a stream? #Japan Society for Preserving Secret Hot Springs #Free-flowing from the source #Oga Peninsula #Genyu Yusankaku   / izumi_oomori   ↑Interesting hot springs Instagram