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TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. The Ritual Firing of Arrows at the beginning of the year- For Driving Away Misfortune, Forecasting the Harvest, and occasionally for CURSING THE NEXT VILLAGE 18 January, 2021
On the morning of the YABUSAME ceremony ( the second Sunday of January- the 13th, this year), these targets, made of bamboo and paper are set up in front of the Hachiryu Jinja Shrine. The deity enshrined here is TAKAOKAMI NO KAMI （高龗神), who is connected with water and rain. By Avi Landau Besides its importance as a weapon, the bow and arrow has been extremely important for RITUAL PURPOSES in Japan. If you have visited a shrine at the beginning of the new year, you have probably noticed all the people buying HAMAYA ( LUCKY ARROWS- with knobby tips), which are taken home in the belief that they will bring one year of good luck. I guess it would be easy to find a symbolic significance in these arrows ....