September: Tomonotsu Hassaku no Umadashi (A place to start out a horse)

“Hassaku” is abbreviation of August 1st. During “Hassaku seku”, various festivals are take place in many parts of nation. In Setouchi, we have been called it as “Uma seku”. In “Nakamura family diary” or “Otoijoutousho” edited by Kanchazan; the Confucian of Fukuyama clan wrote that people pull dummy horse, and many people had been visited in Tomonoura for this event. [More] And the size of dummy horse has variation from size of puppy to full-size. And some are fabulously realistic; they are an enjoyable tourist attraction.