Among the many Suwa Shrines in the prefecture, this is the largest festival held at the Shinshu Suwa Head Office.
It is the only shrine that holds the Onbashira Festival.
It is said that Suwa Shrine in a nearby town or village was a branch of the Suwa Shrine in Hoshio.
Additionally, the cypress in the grounds is a large tree that is estimated to be 400 years old.
This Onbashira Festival is held every six years, in the Year of the Monkey and the Year of the Tiger, and in the seventh year, an event is held in which only the Onbashira is replaced.
There is a shrine at Shinga Falls, and the tree that will become the pillar is cut down from there.
Two people from Ogami and one person from Shimohoshio gathered together and pulled them with ropes.
In the past, Fujino strings were woven into nets and pulled.

 

The "Fire Toboshi" has been handed down for more than four hundred years in the Ohinata district of Nanmokumura,
It is one of the largest fire festivals remaining in the prefecture. The fire festival method is of the "Abare Matsuri" type.
The ancestors of the residents helped Takeda Shingen's forces when they invaded Jōshū in the 4th year of Eiroku,
It is said that the joy they felt when they helped Takeda Shingen's army defeat the lords' forces was passed on in the form of a "fire festival.
With flutes and drums, the participants burn straw bundles tied to a rope two to three meters long from the Ohinata Bridge over the Nammoku River.
The flame is then passed around by two or three people at a time.
A circular trail of flames emerges in the darkness, creating a powerful and fantastic atmosphere in the midsummer night.