{"id":174783,"date":"2025-12-08T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=174783&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:24:02","slug":"shiraito-cold-misogi-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/shiraito-cold-misogi-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiraito Cold Misogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Held at midnight on the third Saturday of December, this winter purification ritual takes place in the Kawatsuki River near Kumano Shrine, downstream from Shiraito Falls. A Shinto ceremony praying for good health and a bountiful harvest, it features local men in traditional loincloths (shimekomi) shouting \u201cOisa! Oisa!\u201d as they plunge into water below 5\u00b0C and splash each other to purify body and spirit. Downstream, a \u201ctoshiotoko\u201d (man born under the year\u2019s zodiac sign) washes rice and cooks it for offering to the shrine. Same-day participation is allowed (except for those with tattoos). Shimekomi can be purchased onsite at Kumano Shrine\u2019s office. The powerful voices cutting through the quiet night make this a uniquely Itoshima winter scene.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174707\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shiraito Cold Misogi, \u767d\u7cf8\u5bd2\u307f\u305d\u304e\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-174707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\uff08\u4e00\u793e\uff09\u7cf8\u5cf6\u5e02\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 12\/20 (Sat.)<br \/>\n\u2022 23:45~<br \/>\n\u2022 Free viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 Kawatsuki River, Kumano Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/NoeAdMc3nryZHVGf9\" target=\"_blank\">684 Shiraito, Itoshima City, Fukuoka<\/a> (Kumano Shrine)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kanko-itoshima.jp\/event\/shiraitokanmisogi\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kanko-itoshima.jp\/event\/shiraitokanmisogi\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174708\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shiraito Cold Misogi, \u767d\u7cf8\u5bd2\u307f\u305d\u304e\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_shiraito_cold-misogi_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-174708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\uff08\u4e00\u793e\uff09\u7cf8\u5cf6\u5e02\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Held at midnight on the third Saturday of December, this winter purification ritual takes place in the Kawatsuki River&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":174707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174783","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-culture","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/174783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}