 Yabusame is an annual festival which brings together horse-mounted archers, special arrows and targets, and Shinto ritual at Aso Shrine.The "Aso no Himatsuri" festival has its origin in the month of March festivals such as "Aso no Noyaki" (the first burning in Aso) and "Aso jinja no Hifuri shinji" (the fire ritual of Aso Shrine).Although rarely performed today, ceremonies which honor ancestors who settled near the Aso caldera do continue to be associated with the Aso jinja.