御お神み渡わたり

noun

ice ridges on Lake Suwa; omiwatari

A natural phenomenon on Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture where pressure ridges form in the ice, traditionally interpreted as the footsteps of a god crossing the lake. Often used in cultural or seasonal contexts.

• 今年ことしは寒さむさが厳きびしく、御お神み渡わたりが出しゅつ現げんした。

  This year the cold was severe, and the omiwatari ice ridges appeared.

• 御お神み渡わたりのでき具ぐ合あいで、その年としの豊ほう凶きょうを占うらなう。

  The state of the omiwatari is used to divine the year's harvest.