田た植うえ祭まつり

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.

• この神じん社じゃでは毎まい年とし二に月がつに田た植うえ祭まつりが行おこなわれる。

  At this shrine, the rice-planting festival is held every year in February.

noun

seasonal rice planting on shrine land

Refers to the actual seasonal planting of rice in a field affiliated with a shrine, often as a community or ritual event.

• 氏うじ子こたちが集あつまって、神じん社じゃの田たんぼで田た植うえ祭まつりをした。

  The parishioners gathered and held the rice-planting festival in the shrine's paddy field.