Join Hakozaki Shrine’s New Year tradition, the mochitsuki. Mochitsuki is when rice is pounded to make mochi (rice cakes). The mochi at this festival are in the shape of namako (sea cucumbers). Namako mochi are traditional and were first made after a fisherman from Hakozaki, due to lack of time, brought a sea cucumber instead of a rice cake to the birth celebrations of Emperor Ojin one New Year’s Eve. Ever since, fishermen from Hakozaki assemble at Hakozaki Shrine every New Year to pound mochi flour together.
• 12/31 (Mon.)
• 19:00~
• Hakozaki Shrine
• 1-22-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
• 092-641-7431
• http://www.hakozakigu.or.jp/omatsuri/#winter2
