Episode 12: Reclamation of Miyazawa and Yubanakagura

　It was the beginning of the Edo period. There was a samurai named Ishikawa in Kamiyabemura. One day he ordered the three houses to clear the new land. It was a land about 10 km away from Kamiyabe, where Osugi flourished in the mountains, Kayaya thorns burned in the fields, and foxes, raccoons and poisonous snakes that were not close to humans. .
　The reclamation is a difficult task, and everyone wakes up in the dark in the morning, cuts down trees, digs up roots, and cuts grass over the light of the moon and stars at night, and works hard. Was.
　Due to such work, the fields eventually increased, and eventually the number of branch houses became more than a dozen. Therefore, the people celebrated the god of agriculture on this land, and in the spring, dedicated Kagura, wishing for a good harvest.
　This is Yuka Kagura of Sanno Inarisha in Miyazawa. After the reclaiming time, the Ujiko stacks cut wild grass on the grounds of Sanno-sama to make a furnace, puts a cauldron and boils hot water. Around the furnace, a bamboo is set up to indicate east, west, north and south, and a shime decoration is stretched. Eventually, as steam is already pouring around, the priest, who became the messenger of God, appears with a tengu mask.
　When the steam rises in the burning flame, the hot spring, the congratulatory words (Norito), and the people receive the exorcism with the soaked in boiling water (Netto), they are drawn to God. He seems to have felt. When the priest finally releases a lucky arrow from all directions, the Shinto (Shinji) reaches its climax, picks up the arrow that passes through the steam of hot water, and is blessed with good luck of this year. It is that you are crazy.
　This ritual can no longer be seen.

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