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Consult the official Fushimi Inari Taisha festival calendar
初午大祭
Hatsuuma Taisai
Great Festival of the First Day of the Horse
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The shrine buildings are decorated with cedar and chinquapin branches known as Aoyama-kazari. Worshippers pray for commercial prosperity and household safety, and many receive the Shirushi no Sugi, a sacred cedar branch associated with protection and good fortune.
Festival schedule
February 1, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.
February 2026
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