
Throwing Iris Leaves to Pray for a Bountiful Harvest Symbolizing Rice Seedlings Kumihama, Tenman Shrine
The traditional event “Shobu Rice Planting,” held to pray for a bountiful harvest, took place on the 5th—Children’s Day—at Tenman Shrine in Ichinono, Kumihama Town, Kyotango City. A young boy energetically tossed “irises” symbolizing rice seedlings into the air.












