Tenno-sai Festival (天王祭)

Tenno-sai Festival is a festival organized by Tennosha to honor Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva). Syncretized with Susano no mikoto of Japan, legends of Gozu Tenno exist in various areas of Japan and Tenno-sai Festival is celebrated in many of those locations.

Tenno-sai Festival in Various Locations

Owari Tsushima Tenno-sai Festival, Tsushima-jinja Shrine (the Main shrine of Tennosha), Shinmei-cho Tsushima City, Aichi Prefecture
Gion-matsuri Festival, Yasaka-jinja Shrine, Gion-machi, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

Kanto Region

Kiryu-yagibushi-matsuri Festival, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture
Tenno-sai Festival: Susano-jinja Reitai-sai Festival, Minamisenju, Arakawa Ward, Tokyo Prefecture
Kita no Tenno-sai Festival: Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-jinja Reitai-sai Festival, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo Prefecture
Minami no Tenno-sai Festival (Kappa-matsuri Festival): Ebara-jinja Reitai-sai Festival, Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo Prefecture
Other: Miyake-jima Kamitsuki
Suwa-jinja Tenno-sai Festival (held annually on the 3rd Sunday of July), Sengokuhara, Hakone-cho, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture

Chubu Region

Tenno-sai Festival (Iida, Mori-machi, Shizuoka Prefecture), Yamana-jinja Shrine (Iida), Mori-machi, Shuchi-Gun, Shizuoka Prefecture

Kinki Region

Kawasaki Tenno-sai Festival, Kawabenanakusa-jinja Shrine, Kawasaki-cho, Ise City, Mie Prefecture
Kujira-Matsuri Festival Osatsu-cho, Toba City, Mie Prefecture
Funakoshi Tenno-sai Festival Funakoshi, Funakoshi-jinja Shrine, Daio-cho, Shima City, Mie Prefecture

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