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Konpiragu Festival
金刀比羅宮例大祭

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It is held on October 10 every year as event called “Osagari” at this event,

500 people go down 785 steps of stone stairways in a line with a miniature shrine carried on their shoulders.

The event shows the power of the common people.

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 Konpiragu Shrine

SHIKOKU    [ Kotohira ]

-Shrines 

It is a shrine of combination of Shinto with Buddhism and the guardian angel of the traffic on the seasbut it was the gu...

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 Kanamaruza

SHIKOKU    [ Kotohira ]

-Culture  -Historic Sites 

Kanabaruza is the oldest Japanese playhouse which was developed as then entertainmentfor the people visiting Konpiragu S...

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 Sayabashi

SHIKOKU    [ Kotohira ]

-Historic Sites 

Sayabashi is a wooden bridge without supporting beams hanging over the Kanakura Riverwhich flows through the downtown of...

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 Takatoro

SHIKOKU    [ Kotohira ]

-Historic Sites 

Takatoro is a 28 meters high garden lantern in front of Kotoden Kotohira Station, which is the highest lantern in Japan....

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Accommodation around Kotohira

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