miyaza is the empowered group in a village or its qualified members engaged in rituals of a shrine , a guardian god or a local deity of a village . 宮座（みやざ）とは、地域の鎮守もしくは氏神である神社の祭祀に携わる村落内の特権的な組織及びそれを構成する資格者の集団。
there is a theory claiming that hime-gami was the original local deity enshrined at usa and that hachiman was brought in later , and another theory that hime-gami is one of the three munakata goddesses or ichikishima-hime-no-mikoto , but recent theories have emerged that claim hime-gami to have been himiko or amaterasu (sun-goddess ). 八幡神は外来神で比売神はそれ以前に宇佐に祀られていた地主神だという説や、比売神は宗像三神または市杵島姫命であるという説、近年では比売神は卑弥呼でありアマテラスであるという説も登場している。
in the village , there are spots where it is difficult to stop and watch the festival , especially in front of the main gate of the kurama-dera temple where visitors are forbidden to stop , therefore it is difficult to get a good view of the portable shrine coming down the steps (except those who have something to do with ujiko (people under the protection of the local deity ) or if you can watch the event from a house in the village . また、集落内は立ち止まって見学することが難しい場所もあり、特に鞍馬寺山門前は見学者が立ち止まることを禁止されるため、神輿が下るシーンなどをよく見える場所で見学することは難しい（一部の氏子関係者や、集落内の民家で見学する際はこの限りではない）。
