In the 5th year of the Tenmei Era (1786), due to a severe drought causing hunger and thirst, events praying for rain took place several times and this tradition continues today. In the old days, it was said that people wore a kind of shuro palm tree skin and jumped around dressed like Shinto gods. In the 10th year of Meiji (1877), the shrine was destroyed by fire during the Civil War, and all the records, costumes and tools for pounding the mochi were destroyed in the fire. Nowadays the event has been brought back, based on the stories of the old people. The flutes, drum, congratulatory words, mortar and pestle have been all been restored and young people, dressed in samurai armour, leggings, sandals, with bowls and a tucked-in sash, play the roles of the four pounders and one mochi kneader.