Hot Spring Festival

Japanese: 温泉祭 - おんせんまつり
Hot Spring Festival

...It is said that moxibustion during the Doyo season has medicinal properties. Many places hold hot spring festivals, and it is said that taking a bath on the day of the Ox is worth a thousand days of bathing. In addition, in the Minamata area of ​​Kumamoto Prefecture, people are taboo from working with soil, and in the Sanjo area of ​​Niigata Prefecture, they collect horse blood in a practice known as Doyo-chi....

*Some of the terms that refer to "Hot Spring Festival" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…土用の灸治は薬効があるともいう。温泉祭をする所も多く,丑の日のふろは千日の入浴に価するなどともいう。その他,熊本県水俣市地方では土いじりを忌み,新潟県三条市地方では土用血といって馬の血取りをしたという。…

※「温泉祭」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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