It started about three hundred years when, following a period when giant jellyfish made fishing impossible and there were a large number of deaths at sea, people began to pray for the removal of the jellyfish, the prevention of marine accidents and a good haul.
約300年程前に、大クラゲが大発生し、漁がまったく出来なくなったこと、また、同時期に海での事故死が多発したことから、くらげ退治と海難防止、併せて豊漁を祈願して始められたもの。