Sawa Shrine
053/Yazu Town Saitai
| ■Date of the Festival | Spring: Second Sunday of April Autumn: Second Sunday of October |
| ■Time for the Kirin Dance at the Shrine | 11 a.m. |
| ■Origin | Around the mid-Edo period |
| ■Characteristics | The Kirin's cloak is covered in small ropes of zigzagged white paper. The dance was designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Tottori Prefecture in 1998. |
| ■Area | Yazu Town Saitai |
The year of the shrine's founding is unknown. From ancient times, the residing god has been known as "Sawa Daimyōjin", and is the local deity of Saitai Village.
■Deity of the Shrine
Mizuhanome-no-Mikoto
■cultural property
The Kirin dance was designated as a Tottori Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1998, and in 2020 as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Basic Information
- Address (Japanese)
- 680-0531 鳥取県八頭郡八頭町才代259
- Address
- Saitai 259, Yazu Town, Yazu County Tottori, 680-0531
- 市内のアクセス情報
- A five-minute walk from Hattō Station on the Wakasa Railway Line. Close to "Takeichi" bus stop on the Wakasa Bus Line