A celebration of sumo! Events include the chigo ceremony (costumed children process around the shrine’s grounds), a children’s sumo competition and yabusame, an event in which skilled archers in period costume hit wooden targets from horseback.
• 10/12 (Wed.), 10/13 (Thu.)
• 10/12: chigo ceremony 16:00~, 10/13: sumo competition 9:00~12:00, Yabusame 12:00~
• Free viewing
• Sumiyoshi Jinja Shrine
• 3-1-51 Sumiyoshi, Hakata-ku
• 092-291-2670 (Sumiyoshi Jinja Shrine)
• http://chikuzen-sumiyoshi.or.jp/, http://hakata-akihaku.com/event/2919
