Windbreaker - Windbreaker

Japanese: 風止め籠り - かざどめごもり
Windbreaker - Windbreaker

...It falls around August 1st of the lunar calendar, so it is also a Hassaku event. Usually, it takes the form of a simple festival, where villagers take a day off work, gather together to eat and drink, or stay in the village shrine to stop the wind. It is also a Shinto ritual at shrines, such as the Kazahimachi at Yahiko Shrine in Niigata Prefecture on the 220th day, and the Kazachinsai at Iwa Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture, seven days before the 210th day.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "windbreak cages" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旧暦8月1日ころになるので,八朔(はつさく)の行事にもなっている。普通,風日待(かざひまち)といって,仕事を休み,村人が集まって飲食をしたり,風止め籠りなどと称して村の神社にお籠りをするなど,簡単な神祭りの形式をとる。新潟県の弥彦神社の二百二十日の風祭や,兵庫県の伊和神社の二百十日の7日前の風鎮祭など,神社の神事にもなっている。…

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