Otaue Matsuri

Rice planting festival at Sumiyoshi Taisha with traditional music and dance.

Otaue Matsuri is a sacred rice-planting festival held at Sumiyoshi Taisha, one of Osaka's most important shrines. Designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, the ceremony features ritual rice planting by women in traditional costumes accompanied by music and dance to pray for a bountiful harvest.