Day 2
Nov.13th(Sun),2022

Encounter the Nanazumai dance

Itinerary		Remarks
07：52	Departure from Iwaizumi junior high school, arrival at Omoto Sta. (Sanriku railway) (08:17)	Iwaizumi Chomin Bus, Omoto route
08：30	Departure from Omoto Sta. (Sanriku railway), arrival at “Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan”(08:50)	Approx. 20-min walk
10：00	Appreciation- 19th Nanazumai no Sato Omoto Salmon Festival	10:00-14:00
14：10	Departure from “Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan”, arrival at Omoto station(14:30)	Approx. 20-min walk
14：38	Departure from Omoto Sta. (Sanriku railway), arrival at Ryusendo Cave（15:04)	Iwaizumi Chomin Bus, Omoto route
	Rent a car at Morioka Sta.
14：10	Departure from “Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan”, arrival at Morioka station（16:10)	Approx. 2 hours to the nearby areas of Morioka station
	Return the rental car
17：16 又は 17：50	Departure from Morioka Sta., arrival at Tokyo Sta., Tohoku Shinkansen Express Hayabusa No. 36 or No. 3820：04）
	Take bus to Morioka Sta.
14：10	Departure from “Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan”, arrival at Omoto Sta.(14:30)	Approx. 20-min walk
14：38	Departure from Omoto Sta. (Sanriku railway), arrival at Ryusendo Cave	Iwaizumi Chomin Bus, Omoto route
16:00	Departure from Ryusendo Cave, arrival at Morioka Sta. (East exit)（18:13)	JR bus Tohoku, Morioka, Iwaizumi, Ryusendo (Hayasaka Kogen Route)
18：50 or 19：14	Departure from Morioka Sta., arrival at Tokyo Sta.（21：04or21：23）	Tohoku Shinkansen Express Hayabusa No. 42 or No. 44

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Iwaizumi junior high school

Timetable:Iwaizumi Chomin Bus, Omoto route(Japanese)

Departure from Iwaizumi junior high school, arrival at Omoto Sta. (Sanriku railway)

Dep. 07:52
Arr. 08:17

Omoto Sta. (Sanriku railway)

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Approx.20-min walk

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Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan

19^th Nanazumai no Sato Omoto Salmon Festival
Indulge in the local performing arts of Iwaizumi

The “Nanazumai no Sato Omoto Salmon Festival” will be held on November 13^th, at the special venue of “Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan” in Omoto, Iwaizumi. Omoto is the only coastal district of Iwaizumi also known as the “Nanazumai dance Village” where the local performing arts such as “Nanazumai” and “Nanatsumai” have been passed down from one generation to another in four different districts. The salmon festival this year welcomes dance programs of Oushiuchi Nanatsumai and Nakano Nanatsumai. Besides the regular salmon catching event, distribution of free salmon soup (limited to 300 servings), sales of agricultural and fishery products, as well as “mochimaki” (rice cake throwing) with prizes will also be organized. Fireworks marks the finale of the event on the same day.

Date: Saturday, Normenbaer 13, 2022, 10:00-14:00

Venue:The special venue of “Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan” in Omoto

No cancellations for rain

※Fireworks display　17:00-

Major programs

１０：００～１０：１５　Greeting from organization & speeches from guests
１０：１５～１０：４５　Ryuchan Taiko Drum (performance)
１０：４５～１１：１５ Oushinai Nanatsumai Preservation Club (dance program)
１１：１５～１１：４５　Salmon catching
１１：４５～ Distribution of free salmon soup (300 servings only, quantity limited) Scoop Shamisen (performance)
１２：００～１３：００　Scoop Shamisen (performance)
１３：００～１３：３０　Nakano Nanazumai Preservation Club (dance program)
１３：３０～１４：００　Mochimaki (rice cake throwing)

19th The “Nanazumai no Sato Omoto Salmon Festival”　

Information about local performing art organizations

Oushinai Nanatsumai

Nakashima Nanatsumai

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Omoto Regional Promotion Council (office inside the Omoto Town Hall)

239-1, Omoto Minaminakano, Iwaizumi-cho, Shimohei-gun, Iwate, Japan

Phone｜ +81(0)194-28-2111

Closure｜Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, and New Year period

Operating hours｜ 8:30am〜5:15pm

Rental car from Morioka Sta.

Rental car

Travel Times｜2hrs 20 min

Morioka Sta.

Tohoku Shinkansen Express Hayabusa No. 36 or No. 38
Dep.17：16
Arr. 17：32

or

Dep.17：50
Arr. 20：04

Tokyo Sta.

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Take bus to Morioka Sta.

Hama no Eki Omoto Aidokan

Approx. 20-min walk

 Omoto Sta. (Sanriku railway)

Timetable｜Iwaizumi Chomin Bus, Omoto route

Departure from Omoto station (Sanriku railway), arrival at Ryusendo Cave
Iwaizumi Chomin Bus, Omoto route

Dep.14:38
Arr. 15:04

Ryusendo Cave

JR bus Tohoku, Morioka, Iwaizumi, Ryusendo (Hayasaka Kogen Route)

JR bus Tohoku, Morioka, Iwaizumi, Ryusendo (Hayasaka Kogen Route)

Dep.16:00
Arr. 18:13

Morioka Sta.

Tohoku Shinkansen Express Hayabusa No. 42 or No. 44
Dep.18：50
Arr. 21：04

or

Dep.19：14
Arr. 21：23

Tokyo Sta.

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Areas

• Iwaizumi Town

Artists

• Oushinai Nanatsumai

  The Oushinai Nanatsumai is a kind of kagura, allegedly conveyed to Nakazato and Kishi communities around the Tempo era (1831-1845). It was Shinkuro Takeda from Nakazato who taught this dance to the youth in his own yard in the development era of Oushinai. There is a record telling that the dance was dedicated to a local shrine in 1949. Despite several years of its inactivity after that, they persistently kept the practice until the dance troupe, gradually reorganized with the children from elementary to junior high school, joined the 9th Iwaizumi Town Folk Performing Arts Festival in 1975. In their repertory are Dogu-tori, Yokobane, Toriigakarichirashi, Goho-no-ya, and Dogu-osame. The dance depicts the way to cultivate and purify the earth, warding off the evil spirit, with the seven instruments, as a prayer for a rich harvest and safety of family.

• Nakano Nanazumai Preservation Society

  Nakano Nanazumai is a folk performance art handed down in the Omoto Nakano district of Iwaizumi Town. It is said to have origins dating back to the 1840’s , when Kitaro Kudo, who was called Kagura Tayu ”Master of Kagura Sacred Dance” at the time, created it by using the beginning portion of a kagura dance as its basic inspiration. The performers include 7 pairs of dancers doing 7 different dance segments that are named Dogu-tori, Yoko-hane, Chirashi, Tatakai, Tsuttōtsu, Sansoku “Torii-gakari”, and Dogu-osame. At the time, these were performed as kagura sacred dances, but as times changed, they became integrated into the village festival. Nakano Nanazumai is a gallant and lively dance entreating an abundant harvest, big catches in the sea and the general safety of the village. The strong and graceful dance imagines the hard work of preparing new fields, then raising precious crops, and finally thankfully celebrating that year’s harvest all together with fellow villagers.