In some regions, harvest festivals and small New Year's festivals around January 15th involve 'Kakashiage (setting up of a scarecrow), ' because scarecrows are linked with a belief in Yamanokami.
地方によっては山の神信仰と結びつき、収獲祭や小正月行事のおりに「かかしあげ」の祭礼をともなうことがある。