Figure 1.--Here we see some younger children involved with the festival. They wear red shorts abnd white socks. One boy wears white stockings. The older people involved in the fstival are boys and men, but with the younger children here girls also participate because pre-schools are normally coed.

A Japanese reader has forwarded some photographs of the Shiten-noji-no-Doya Doya Festival, but doesn't tell us much about it. Hopefully we can learn more about it. The festival is held on January 14. It is held in Osaka. It occurs at Rokugatsu-do in Shiten-noji shrine. People struggle for talismans of Gyu-o-Hoin. Then they shout Doya Doya. That may mean "many feet". That is the origin of the festival's name. The children dress up in red shorts which must be a little chilly as it is in the middle of Winter. Apparentlywater is part of the festival. We note images of men and boys being sprayed with water. Just what the historical origins of all this we do not yet know.

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