noun
shrine ritual for a good harvest; early-year harvest prayer
A shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to pray for or forecast a successful rice harvest. Often involves symbolic rice planting.
この神社では毎年二月に田植え祭りが行われる。
At this shrine, the rice-planting festival is held every year in February.
noun
Refers to the actual seasonal planting of rice in a field affiliated with a shrine, often as a community or ritual event.
氏子たちが集まって、神社の田んぼで田植え祭りをした。
The parishioners gathered and held the rice-planting festival in the shrine's paddy field.