 The matsuri involves the people of the village who join in the different factions needed to make up the procession.The procession, called a "Gyouretsu" (行列) includes the "Unari" (宇奈利, 14 women clad in white), 4 "mikoshi" (神輿) containing the Gods, and farming dolls.The Gyouretsu set out from Aso shrine in the morning to walk around the surrounding rice fields where the shrine's Guji San pray for the Gods to bestow their blessings upon the young rice plants.