Chagchag Umacco is a festival held on the second Saturday of June every year in Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture and Morioka City. From Hinokoshi Shrine Shrine in Takizawa City to Morioka Hachimangu Shrine in Morioka City, accompany the horses with gorgeous harness.
From the ancient times, in the festival appreciating the labor of the horse who was a domestic animal that can not be used for agriculture together with the cattle, in the southern clan known as the production center of the large superior horse "Southern Komagome" with the meaning of daily labor appreciation On May 5th of the lunar calendar, villagers pray for the disease-free hospital of a horse to the Onigosha Shrine is regarded as the origin of Chagachaguma Ko. More than a hundred horses walk for about 4 hours while resonating the bells of the bells about 15 km from the Ogikoshi Shrine Shrine in Takizawa City to Morioka Hachimangu Shrine. It has been held on June 15th of the new calendar since 1958, but since 2001 it has been held on the second Saturday of June so that more people can participate more easily.