This is a traditional event that has been held for more than 200 years, originating from a worship service at a shrine in thanksgiving for the horses used for farming. About 60 horses in brightly colored costumes and bells march about 14 kilometers from the shrine to Morioka Hachimangu Shrine through the countryside and central Morioka City, after paying their respects at Onikoshi Sozen Shrine in Takizawa City.

In 1978, it was selected by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as an “intangible folk cultural property that should be recorded and other measures taken,” and in 1996 it was selected by the Environment Agency as one of the “100 soundscapes of Japan to preserve.

【Note】There are traffic control hours on each road where Chagu Chagu Umako walks.