Held on the second Saturday of June every year, the Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival is an event intended to worship Sozen-sama, the guardian deity of horses. Somewhere around 100 horses take part in the festival, and they march along a 14-kilometer route from Onikoshi Sozen Shrine in Takizawa City to Hachimangu Shrine in Morioka City.
The horses are decked out in ornate costumes which include bells, and the jingling sounds they make as they trot from shrine to shrine have received mention on the 100 soundscapes of Japan list.
The departure from Onikoshi Sozen Shrine is set for 9.30am, with an anticipated arrival at Hachimangu Shrine around 1.45pm.
