January 15th (Sunday) Heto Mato (Fishermans’ Festival)
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Heto Mato is Goto Island’s unique way of praying for a good spring harvest and fishing season.
Richly-varied festival opening with sumo-wrestling at Shirahama Shrine followed by hanetsuki, a traditional game played at New Year(shogatsu), kemari, a football like game played in ceremonial dress, a tug of war involving semi-naked men with their bodies painted entirely black and a giant straw sandal (3m, 358kg) being paraded around town.
How about having a look at this unique festival?
Event details
| URL |
|---|
| http://www.nagasaki-tabinet.com/event/51078/ |
| Event Date |
| January 15th (Sunday) |
| Address |
| Shimosakiyamacho Goto, Nagasaki |
| Access |
| By car・・・・About 3 hours from Hakata station via Nagasaki Expressway After that, transfer to a ship at Nagasaki Port |
※All information are from December 26th 2016
posted by Feel Fukuoka Japan
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