Kasai Shrine

He was astonished by the performance, so in 1591 he gave Kasai shrine a red seal as a certification to make people try harder.

During the Kyouhou Period, one of the Shinto priests of Kasai shrine, named Nose Tamaki, taught classical verses with tunes to young people.

After World War II, the Kasaibayashi Preservation Association was founded by some volunteers and it became an Intangible Cultural Treasure.

Twice a year, at the time of Tori no ichi (in November) and Reitaisai (in September), they play the music in front of people at the old building (Kaguraden) in Kasai shrine.

"Market of the Rooster"); there is a big festival in November (as a precursor event for Shōgatsu (Japanese New Year)), called "Tori no Ichi"; the word tori means "bird" (usually specifying a rooster), and the bird is a symbol of one of the Japanese deities, named Yamatotakeru-no-Mikoto.

Nowadays people come to the festival to buy "Kumade", a Engimono talisman in the shape of a small pitchfork, wishing to have some fortune.