Latest Events in Kamakura(August Updated)

The annual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is the most important festival of the year, and it has been held on August 15th since ancient times. This date is the full moon day of the formerly used lunar calendar (old calendar), and since the deity enshrined was once a sea god and had a deep connection with the fishing industry, it is said that Minamoto no Yoritomo would go to Yuigahama on this day to hold the "Hojokai" ceremony, release a thousand paper cranes, and perform the Yabusame ceremony. According to the records of the Tokyō, the first Yabusame event of Hojo Megumi was held on August 15, 1187, and it is said that this day marked the beginning of the annual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. It has now been changed to the modern solar calendar (new calendar), and this day is celebrated grandly for three days from September 14th to 16th every year.