For over 600 years, two teams of loincloth-clad men have braved the winter cold to scramble for possession of an 8 kg wooden ball, which, if they touch it, will give them good luck! Victory for the Beach Team is said to ensure a plentiful catch for the coming year, while victory for the Land Team brings a bountiful harvest.
• 1/3 (Fri.)
• 13:00~14:30
• Free
• Hakozaki Shrine (Tamatori Ebisu Shrine → inside Hakozaki Shrine)
• 1-22-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku
• 092-641-7431
• https://hakozakigu.or.jp/
Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (fn253, Jan 2020)
