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Sengen-ji "Horoha-do" Toshikoshi Matsuri (traditional year-end festival)
Location Yonezawa City, Kubota
Date December 4
Access 15 min. by bus from Yonezawa Station
Other Information Bare-clad "mochi" (rice cake) pounding takes place within the precincts of Sengen Temple. The mochi is pounded to drive away illness and bad harvest.
Inquiries to
Sengen-ji (temple) TEL0238(37)3708
Last Update May 12, 2004

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