DECEMBER --- EVENT GUIDE ---

Date, Location, Description


12/5 - 12/9

Ae no Koto
あえのこと
Throughout the Noto Peninsula;
Yanagida Botanical Garden & Noto-Machi
柳田村、奥能登各地、能登町
Ceremonies which express a year's gratitude to the gods of the rice fields. The gods are invited into the farmers' homes where they stay until 12/9. A feast is laid out and the dishes are explained one by one to the gods who are believed to be blind.

12/12-13

U-Matsuri
鵜祭り
Uura-machi, Nanao-shi
七尾市、鵜浦町
A cormorant (large sea bird) is captured and presented to Hakui's Keta Shrine for its UMatsuri.

Mid-December

Monzen Winter Soba
冬こそ門前「そばの市」
Sogo Undo Park, Monzen-Machi
総持寺通り、門前町総合運動公園
Tent fair featuring the Zen Monzen-machi's traditional cultural food 「Monzen Soba」as the main attraction.

12/16

U-Matsuri
鵜祭
Keta Shrine, Hakui-shi
気多大社、羽咋市
The cormorant from Nanao is used in a ceremony during the middle of the night in order to divine prospects for the next year's rice and fish yields.

12/25

Christmas Opening Ceremony
クリスマスオープニン グセレモニー
Seimoa Ski Grounds, Kawauchi-mura
セイモアスキー場、河内村
Come and enjoy skiing, live music, and many other events as Seimoa kicks off the ski season.

12/31

Onsen Gratitude Festival
温泉感謝祭
Kiku no Yu, Yamanaka-machi
山中町「菊の湯 」
In gratitude for a year's livelihood and with supplications for the coming year, the people who make their living from the hot springs open them to the public for free.
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