The Noh starts with a scene that a man of Shimogyo appears and hears on his way to visit Shimogamo-jinja Shrine that a young woman is inviting visitors to try chinowa kuguri (passing through a hoop made of kaya grass [plants of sedge family]) at Nagoshi-no-harai festival which is going on at the shrine.
下京の男が登場し、下鴨神社参拝の途上、神社で行われている夏越の祓いで、若い女が茅の輪くぐりをすすめていることを聞くところから能ははじまる。