Formerly, the task of procuring and raising the "onbashira" were assigned to different villages every time via mutual agreement. In 1890, it was decided that lottery will be used henceforth to determine which villages will be assigned which "onbashira" during a given festival. While the villages under the Upper Shrine's jurisdiction (currently districts in the modern-day cities of Chino and Suwa, the town of Fujimi, and the village of Hara) are still allotted their respective "onbashira" via lottery to this very day, the responsible villages for the Lower Shrine's "onbashira" soon decided to do away with the lottery for the 1902 festival and instead permanently assigned particular villages to a particular "onbashira", an arrangement that continues to this day.