The Kamakura Omachi Matsuri
commemorates andgives thanks for
the founding of the Yakumo Shrine,
a Shinto shrine, within the Omachi
neighborhood of Kamakura.
The Kamakura Omachi Matsuri commemorates and gives thanks for the founding of the Yakumo Shrine, a Shinto shrine, within the Omachi neighborhood of Kamakura. This grand festival is held annually on the second Saturday of July and continues for three days, during which time four mikoshi or portable representations of the shrine are carried through the local streets. The festival is said to have begun in 1349.