大山祭

Ōyama-sai

Name: Ōyama-sai
Start: 2026-01-05

Great Festival of Mount Inari

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Editorial illustration representing Ōyama-sai

The shrine at Ichinomine, the highest point of Mount Inari

Kumataka-sha beside the pilgrimage path on Mount Inari

About the ceremony

Early in the morning, sacred shimenawa ropes are placed around the seven sacred sites of Mount Inari. After the main-sanctuary ceremony, priests and participants travel to Gozendani, where sake is offered upon the sacred Mikeshi-ishi stone before the group visits the seven sacred sites.

Festival schedule

January 5 at 12:00 p.m.; mountaintop ceremony at 1:30 p.m.

Consult the official Fushimi Inari Taisha festival calendar

January 2026

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