Blindfolded Female Sumo Wrestling (Masue Goro Inari Shrine)

ふいご大祭　目隠し女相撲

Every year on the Sunday closest to December 8, women dawn blindfolds and the mask of one of the Seven Shinto Gods of Good Fortune to take part in a devotional sumo wrestling match at Masue Goro Inari Shrine’s Fuigo Festival. This unique event in which women wearing white clothes stand on their knees, fumble for their opponent, and try to push her down has continually been held since just after World War Ⅱ.
It is said that the style of wrestling blind is a comparison to the difficulty of a life in which the future is uncertain. The “moves” employed by the wrestlers fumbling intently for an opponent they can’t see, and the changes the facial expressions of the masks take on with these moves draw laugher from the audience, who in turn get enormously fired up, cheering and clapping for the wrestlers!

Address (Japanese)	819-1613　福岡県糸島市二丈松末　松末五郎神社
Address	575 Nijo Masue, Itoshima City, Fukuoka
Telephone Number	092-322-2098（（一社）糸島市観光協会）
Contact	Itoshima City Office
Open	The Sunday closest to December 8
Access	By train - About a 30 minute walk from JR Ikisan Station on the Chikuhi Line