Honorable Mention TIFA 2024 People / Culture

Rice Flour

  • Photographer
    Takuma Misumi
  • Photo Date
    2023-12-2

This is a traditional Japanese festival in which rice flour is dissolved in water and applied to the face. The festival is held to thank the deity for the prosperity of the shrine parishioners and the bountiful harvest of new grain and to pray for a good crop in the coming year.