The danjiri-bayashi of Gamo and Imafuku areas and that of Nagae region used to perform competitively against one another at the Tenjin Festival; the former played at the precincts of the shrine, the same as the present day, and the latter played at the north side of the main shrine building.
天神祭において、現在と同じ境内で蒲生・今福地区の地車囃子が、本殿北側のあたりで長柄地区の地車囃子とが競演していた。