 The other deities are the kami of fire 火の神, the kami of water 水の神 flowing near the "rōmon" gate of the shrine and the other kami of agriculture 農の神.The Aso shrine's "U-no-matsuri" (卯の祭) is a 13-day event that occurs in March to welcome spring and pray for the beginning of the rice planting season.The U-no-matsuri marks the anniversary of Aso shrine's chief deity "Takeiwatatsu-no-Mikoto's" arrival in Aso.