Watanagashi Festival
The Watanagashi Festival (綿流し祭, Cotton Drifting Festival) is an annual festival in Hinamizawa and serves as a fixed point in every story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. The festival, while outwardly innocent, coincides with a series of gruesome murders that occur in Hinamizawa: the dam construction site murder, the dam supporters' accident, the priest's death, and the murder of the housewife. It's purpose as a fixed point in Higurashi's story arcs make the Festival analogous to Beatrice's letter in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
| Watanagashi Festival | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Watanagashi Festival (綿流し祭) |
| Observed by | Hinamizawa |
| Type | Cultural |
| Significance | Praises Hinamizawa's guardian deity Oyashiro-sama |
| Observances | Cotton drifting |
| Date | June 19 |