The Yansanma Festival has been designated an intangible folk culture asset by
the prefectural government. It ends with an exhibition of
yabusame, or horseback archery, conducted as a Shinto ritual.
The word yansanma derives from yabusame.
Date: May 4
Venue: Kamo Shrine, Shimomura
Access: Bus from JR Kosugi Station toward Shimomura, get
off at Kamo Jinja Mae
Hokuriku Expressway to Kosugi IC, then 15 min.
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