"Kitchen-knife ceremony"

Takabe Jinja, which sits in the Takabe Shrine mountain foot of Chikura Town, serves as a temple for the birth of the god of cooking.
It is gaining faith from people involved in cooking and brewers such as miso soy sauce.
“Kitchen-knife ceremony” has been held as one of the palace events of Takabe Shrine.
It is a solemn ceremony of cooking carp, red snapper, bonito, etc. without touching it.
The old-fashioned behavior and its kitchen knife handling are skillful techniques.
In the old days, a cook who performed a Kitchen-knife ceremony was called a formal chef and was treated as a special case among cooks.
The owner of the hotel is also involved in Kitchen-knife ceremony as a chef.


【Dates of Kitchen-knife ceremony】
May 17
October 17
November 23