Festival Event Schedule　

Nagahama Hikiyama FestivalFestival Event Schedule

The Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is famous for its Hikiyama Kyogen (Kabuki) performance, but just seeing this performance does not mean that you really know the festival.
Various events are held more than a month prior to the festival.
The naked procession, the welcoming of the sacred staff, the climbing of the mountain, and the evening crossing are all important events that add to the mood of the festival.
The following is a step-by-step introduction to the festival events of the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival (Takasagozan).

• First Saturday in October

  Hikiyama Changeover Ceremony(Hikiyama Koutai Shiki)

• Around the middle of January

  Yakusha Negai (request for actors)

• Around mid-February

  Briefing for actor-parents and costume fitting

• Around mid-March

  Making the rehearsal hall(keikoba zukuri)

• Around March 20~.

  Rehearsal (Keiko)

• April 9

  Senkoban (Incense sticks)

• April 9 – April 12

  Hadaka-mairi (Naked Prayer Pilgrimage)

• April 12

  Mikoshi Togyo-no-Gi (portable shrine procession)

• April 13

  Okoshidaiko (Raising drums)

  Gohei Mukae no Gigi (Welcoming the Mints)

  Thirteenth day of the month (Jusanchi-ban)

  Kujitori-no-gi (Lot-drawing Ceremony)

  Jicho Kyogen(Kyogen for Jicho Kyogen)

• April 14

  Noboriyama

  Yuwatari (evening crossing)

• April 15

  Asa-watari(morning procession)

  Tachiwatari (crossing of the long sword) of the Naginatagumi

  Yakkoburi

  Okina Maneki(the first day of the Tachibana Festival)

  Kyogen Dedication

  Mikoshi Kangyo no Gigi(Mikoshi Return Ceremony)

  Modoriyama

• April 16

  Koen Kyogen

  Senju-raku

• April 17

  Goheikaeshi-no-Gigi(ceremony of returning the sacred staff)