Observe and try your hand at traditional calligraphy brush and ink making：Nara Brush Festival／Sugawara Tenmangu Shrine
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The annual Brush Festival occurs on the spring equinox. On this day, prayers are recited at the Brush Mound on the shrine grounds to express gratitude for improvements in calligraphy and worn-out old brushes. Old brushes brought to the shrine are burned on the goma altar. Other activities include brush and ink-making demonstrations, an old brush exchange, a brush market, and large-character calligraphy by high school students.
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General Information
- Event period
- March 21, 2023
- Event venue
- Sugawara Tenmangu Shrine
- Event remarks
Sugawaratenmangu
- Address
- 1-15-1, Sugawara-higashi, Nara City, Nara, 631-0842
- Access
- By train or bus
[Kintetsu Railway]
・15-minute walk from Yamato-Saidaiji Station along Rekishi no Michi
・15-minute walk from Amatsuji Station
[Nara Kotsu Bus]
・3-minute walk from Hanna Sugawara bus stop
・Immediately from Sugawara Jinja-mae bus stop
・From Kintetsu Gakuenmae/Ayameike Station, take the Ayameike circular bus and get off at the "Sugawara Tenmangu stop.
By car
[Hanna Road]
100m north of Sugawara intersection, east side, about 30 minutes from Osaka City
[Second Hanna Road]
From Horai IC to Sugawara intersection - Website
