Inscribed on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO.

Designated as the National important intangible folk cultural asset.

Ｃｈａｋｋｉｒａｋｏ

This event has come down in Hanagure and Nakazaki ward, downtown in Misaki and is　
held only by females
on January 15．Composed of girls from 4 or 5 years old to 12，　their mothers and grandmothers,
girls are to dance，mothers and grandmothers to sing．It is said that girls must have given up taking
part in this performance when they　turned to 13 or so in old times．　

The girls perform in the same clothes holding fans or Chakkirako to the songs without instruments．
In old times, they used to perform wearing their own best clothes for New Year．　When they perform
“Hattsuise” “Yosasa-bushi” “Kamakura-bushi”, they have　open fans in their right hands．　
For “Nihon-odori”, open fans are in both hands．　
For “Oisemairi”, they perform in a circle with their fans closed in both hands．
For “ Chakkirako”, they perform holding bamboo sticks Ayadake called　Chakkirako in both hands．　　

They perform Chakkirako for dedication to Motomiya shrine in Hanagure ward praying　for the safety
of family，the good business，the good haul and the safety on the　ocean every January 15．
After this dedication, they perform to dedicate it to　Kainanjinja shrine and Ryujin shrines in
Hanagure and
Nakazaki and in the afternoon,　they perform in houses and stores．　 

The following traditions remain．

One is about Ayadake．Once upon a time，when Minamoto Yoritomo visited Misaki to　enjoy cherry
blossoms, camellias and peach blossoms in the temples,　he asked a mother and her daughter taking
shells on the shore to dance. The mother replied him, “I’m　 too old to dance　but I’ll have my daughter
dance for me”. Then she cut out bomboo　sticks from the grove to give her daughter so that her daughter
danced to mother’s　song. This story is said as the origin of “Ayadake”．
The other is about “Fan”． It was taught to the girls in the village by Mitsuwatahime,　wife of Fujiwara
Sukemitsu worshipped as a god of Kainanjinja shrine．

 These matters are written in the oldest local topography in Miura “Misakishi” 
which was published in 1756, 6 of the Horeki Era.

　　　1952/6     Selected for the National intangible culturalasset.
　　　1965/4     Preservationist of Chakkirako was established.
　　　1965/5     Designated as the prefectual important intangible asset.
　　　1971/3     Selected for the National folk entertainmentof the year 45.
　　　1976/5 　  Designated as the National important intangible folk cultural asset.
　　　2009/9     Inscribed on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO.