Each of the 14 towns (wards) participating in the Akunami Shrine Grand Festival has its own town mark.

The town mark symbolizes the town (ward) and has a unique origin for each town.

For example, the origin of the Sakae Town mark is as bellow.

The town mark and its origin

栄　～結び柏～　

Sakae ～Musubi Kashiwa～

In 1921, the districts of Kiganji Kawaramachi, Tsuji (from Kiyomizu Bridge to Shojoji Monzenkoji), and Mashizu Kamidenma (from Kiyomizu bridge to Shojoji temple) merged to establish Sakae Ward.

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Wishing for the harmony and prosperity of these three districts, the “Musubi Kashiwa”, which consists of three oak leaves symbolizing perpetual prosperity, was chosen.

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Another theory is that it was chosen because it was one of the family crests of a Kabuki actor who performed on stage at the riverbank.