special temporary logging known as an Angu (行宮) is constructed and the Mikoshi is taken there before being returned to its main shrine in the afternoon of the third day. Festivals and annual events January New Years Day Service (1st, 06:00) Festival of Origins (3rd, 10:00) White Horse Festival (7th, 18:00) February Setsubun Festival (Setsubun Day, 18:00) Kigen Era Festival (11th, 10:00) Bountiful Crops Festival (17th, 10:00) March Saitousai Main Festival of Colour (9th, 10:00) Spring Festival (9th, 18:00) Spring Equinox and Spirits of the Ancestors Festival (Spring Equinox Day, 10:00) April Rear Shrine Spring Service (1st, 10:00) Inner Shrine Spring Service (2nd) Shrine Ruins Spring Service (3rd) Sakado and Numao Shrine Spring Service (4th) Outer Shrine Spring Service (5th) Outer Shrine Divine Spring Service (6th) Ikisu Shrine Annual Spring Service (14th) May Bountiful Harvest and Horseback Archery Festival (1st, 13:00) June Summer Solstice Purification Ceremony (29th, 18:00) Ōharai Shinto Purification Ceremony (30th, 15:00) September Grand Imperial Ofuna Festival (1st–3rd, in 2014) Annual Shrine Festival (1st, 10:00) Chinese Lantern Festival (1st, 18:00) Fortune Festival (1st, 20:00) Return of the Deities Festival (2nd, 15:00) Xinggong Angu Imperial Logging Festival (2nd, 22:00) Enshrinement of the Ancestors Festival (21st, 18:00) Autumn Equinox Festival (22nd, 08:00) Great Festival of Ancestral Spirits (22nd, 08:00) October Offering of the Harvest Festival (17th, 10:00) November Rear Shrine Autumn Service (1st, 10:00) Inner Shrine Autumn Service (2nd) Meiji Festival (3rd, 09:00) Sumo Festival (3rd, 10:00) Shrine Ruins Autumn Service (3rd) Sakado and Numao Shrine Autumn Service (4th) Outer Shrine Autumn Service (5th) Outer Shrine Autumn Service (6th) Ikisu Shrine Autumn Service (13th) Shinjyosai Offering of the Harvest to the gods (23rd, 10:00) December Shrine Offerings Ceremony (20th, 10:00) Tencho Festival (23rd, 10:00) Shinto Purification Ceremony (31st, 15:00) New Year's Eve Service (31st, 15:00) Monthly service Ceremony for the Ancestors (1st day of each month, 10:00) See also List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-swords) Kashima-Shinryu Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu Kashima Shinto-ryu Deer (mythology) List of Jingū List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ibaraki) External links Kashima Jingū website Kashima City website References Meik Skoss (1994). "A Bit of Background" Retrieved April 7, 2005. George Mccall (2009). "Tsukuhara Bokuden" Retrieved February 15, 2012. Kanpei-taisha Jingū Kashima, Ibaraki Shinto shrines in Ibaraki Prefecture Historic Sites of Japan Hitachi Province Beppyo shrines