Hobara

Hobara is one of five neighborhoods within the town of Date, Fukushima. Until 2006, it became a metropolis located in Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was a part of the Kenpoku Region. At that point, research reported the town had an anticipated populace of 24,491 humans and a density of 583.25 persons in line with km². The total vicinity turned into 41.99 km².

On January 1, 2006, Hobara, at the side of the cities of Date, Ryozen, Tsukidate and Yanagawa all from Date District, changed into merged to create Date City. Tsutsukobiki is a every year festival that takes place in Hobara in March. Members of the network and surrounding towns be part of together to carry, shake, and break a straw bushel containing mochi interior. The occasion proceeds with a 3 team tug-of-warfare split via wherein the individuals stay.

Eventually, contributors convey the straw to a nearby shrine, at which the bushel is reduce open with a ceremonial sword. Local legend states that the festival started when a extreme famine broke out for the duration of the Kyoho Era 1716-1736 in the mid-Edo Period. The lord of Yanagawa at that time, Matsudaira Michiharu later referred to as Tokugawa Muneharu, amassed the locals and gave them rice seeds that furnished a splendid harvest the subsequent year.