荒井神社と小松原三社の秋祭り
古文書によると、荒井神社は629年に創建され、現在の地に鎮座したのは鎌倉時代（1185～1333）の中頃とされています。祭神は大黒天と恵比寿天の二柱です。
現在ある荒井神社の本殿は昭和18年（1943）に建てられました。庭園には、縁結びのご利益があるとされる「結びの松」や、人気小説家・劇作家・詩人・芸術家・哲学者である武者小路実篤（1885-1976）の詩が刻まれた歌碑があります。
小松原三社神社は 17 世紀に創建され、中世 (1185 ～ 1568 年) の小松原城跡にあります。
毎年10月に各神社で行われる秋祭りでは、色とりどりのだんじりとともに神輿が登場します。最大の見どころは、江戸時代から続く、踊りを中心とした仁輪加太鼓の公演です。
毎年、2人の太鼓打ちがそれぞれ異なるスタイルで町内を練り歩き、三味線に合わせて踊り手が寸劇を披露します。祭りの起源は江戸時代初期から中期にさかのぼるといわれ、最古の証拠は1849年と刻まれた太鼓箱です。仁輪加太鼓は高砂市の文化財に指定されています。
Fall Festivals at Arai Jinja Shrine and Komatsubara Sanja Shrine
According to ancient manuscripts, Arai Jinja Shrine was built in 629 and set in its present location around the middle of the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Among the deities enshrined are two gods of wealth known as Daikoku and Ebisu.
The main shrine structure now standing at Arai Shrine was built in 1943. One attraction in the garden is the musubi-no-matsu (literally, matrimony pine), a tree believed to confer special blessings for successful marriage; another is a monument engraved with a poem by popular novelist, playwright, poet, artist, and philosopher Mushanokoji Saneatsu (1885–1976).
Komatsubara Sanja Shrine, which was built in the seventeenth century, is situated on the site of Komatsubara Castle, which dates from the Medieval period (1185–1568).
During the annual fall festival held at each shrine in October, a portable shrine (mikoshi) is on display along with colorful festival floats (danjiri). The biggest annual attraction is the Niwaka drum (taiko) performance, which focuses on dancing and has been held since the Edo period (1603–1867).
Every year, two drummers parade through the town, each performing in a different style, while dancers perform skits to the accompaniment of shamisen. The festival is said to date back to the early to mid-Edo period, the earliest evidence being a taiko drum box on which is inscribed the year 1849. The Niwaka taiko drum performance is designated a cultural property by Takasago City.
