Official Tourism Website of Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture "Home of Mt.Fuji, Yamanashi" > Topics > Yabusame Ritual Mounted Archery Festival
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Date: September 18th, 2010 ~ September 19th, 2010
Location: Omuro Sengen Shrine, City of Fujiyoshida
Access: 5 minute walk from from Fujiyoshida Station on the Fujikyu Line
Ritual mounted archery "Yabusame" as an offering to the gods, in which fortunes are told from in the marks left by the hooves of the running horses. A parade will take place on September 18, and on September 19th a ritual of cloth changing of the god status will takes place which is held once every 60 years.

For more information, go to the festival website: