Last updated: April 23, 2021
Celebrate the legend of Oigami Onsen
According to local legend, the deity of Mt. Akagi created Oigami Onsen, a small hot spring town along Katashina Gorge, while in the form of a snake. In celebration of this story, 30-meter snake shrine is carried throughout the streets as part of a colorful parade.
Once every 12 years, during the Chinese year of the snake, a 108-meter long snake-shaped portable shrine weighing two tons is carried, instead.
Only the ritual will be performed in 2021. The parade for the portable shrine has been cancelled.
Oigami, Numata
About 25 minutes by car from Numata IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway
May 8–9, 2020
