12/15/2011

Oita prefecture

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Oita Prefecture - Ooita ken 大分県

on Kyūshū Island.
The prefectural capital is the city of Ōita.

Oita was part of Toyo-no-kuni 豊国, which means "Abundant Land".
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Beppu Music Festival

Doburoku Festival


Hita Gion Festival
July

Hooran-enya
January

. Kebesu festival (kebesu sai  ケベス祭り) .


. Nakatsu Gion Festival 中津祇園祭り .
July

Ohno River Battle Festival

Ondake-style Kagura

Shonai kagura

Shujo Onie Fire Festival

. Tenryo Hita Doll Festival 天領日田雛まつり .



Usuki Stone Buddha Statues Fire Festival
source : www.visit-oita.jp


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Okayama prefecture

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Okayama Prefecture - 岡山県

located in the Chūgoku region on the island of Honshu.
The capital is the city of Okayama.

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. Misaki Town Festivals 三咲町 and Ohaga 大垪和 .
Kamenoko Tamago Matsuri 亀甲 たまごまつり Egg Festival and more


. Momotaro Matsuri 桃太郎祭り .
Okayama


. Nakayama Jinja 中山神社 Rice Planting Festival .


. Saidai-Ji Temple Festivals 西大寺裸祭り .
Naked Man Festival 


. Tsuyama Town Festivals  津山市のお祭り.


. Uraja Dance うらじゃ .  Okayama, Momotaro Festival


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Bitchuu Kagura - Bicchu Kagura Dance
Ibara City, Takahashi City in Autumn



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Bizenyaki Matsuri 備前焼祭り Pottery Festival in Bizen
Inbe 伊部 Imbe town - in October


. Bizenyaki 備前焼 and Daruma san .  

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Hayakawa Odori 早川踊 Hayakawa Dance in memory of Governor Hayakawa (Edo period)
Kuse


Kamo Taisai in Soja
3rd Sunday in October




. Kiyama Jinja 木山神社  Kiyama Shrine Festivals .
Maniwa 岡山県真庭市木山1265-1




. Koorakuen 後楽園 Koraku-En park in Okayama .
Tea Picking Festival - 3rd Sunday in May
Genso Teien Matsuri - late June till August



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- Kurashiki Town 倉敷

Kurashiki Haruyoi Akari - 倉敷春宵あかり
Light up in Spring - Bikanchiku
source : www.kurashiki-tabi.jp


Heartland Kurashiki
May 2 - 4

Kurashiki Music Festival
mid March - end of March


Kurashiki Tenryo Natsu Matsuri Summer Festival
Late July in Bikan area

A Kurashiki beauty contest, flee market, Tenryo-daiko (drum performance), and outdoor concert are the attractions carried on along Daikan-bayashi (folk tune) background music. The most popular among those is Ade-mikoshi, in which a portable shrine is carried only by women. Those charming and energetic women, wrapping themselves with bleached cotton cloth, parade with high spirited shouts through the town.
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Suinkyo Matsuri at Achi Shrine 阿智神社
since 1692
suteki na inkyo 素朴な隠居 wonderful elder
The shrine is located on top of Mount Tsurugata in the Bikan district.
. suinkyo, su-inkyo 素隠居 persons in retirement .

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O-Hitaki Fire Ritual
2nd Saturday and Sunday in December Saijo Inari Shrine


Shiraishi Odori 白石踊り Shiraishi Island
August 14 - 16


Takahashi Matsuyama Odori Bon Dance Festival
August 14 - 16


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Takura Ushigami Sha 田倉牛神社
Takura Shrine for the "Cattle Deity"

Grand Festival January 5
Smaller festivals on May 5 and September 5.




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People bring cows and bulls made from Bizen pottery and make a wish for the New Year.
There are more than 300.000 figures on the pile.

This shrine has a torii entrance gate but no special shrine building.

Yoshinaga, Bizen
備前市吉永町福満898-3  

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Yakage Shukuba Matsuri Festival - Daimyo parade
2nd Sunday in November




Yubara Onsen Hot Spring Open-Air Day
June 26



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12/14/2011

Niigata Prefecture

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Niigata Prefecture - 新潟県

a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
The capital is the city of Niigata.
The name "Niigata" literally means "new lagoon".
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. Yahiko tooroo matsuri 弥彦燈籠祭 (やひことうろうまつり)
Yahiko lantern festival .

Yahiko shrine 弥彦神社



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Nagasaki prefecture

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Nagasaki Prefecture - 長崎県

on the island of Kyūshū.
The capital is the city of Nagasaki.

Nagasaki is the most Christianized area in Japan with Roman Catholic missions having been established there as early as the 16th century.
the former province of Hizen with the island provinces of Tsushima and Iki.
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Huis Ten Bosch count down
New Year


. Maruyama Hana Matsuri 丸山花祭り Maruyama Flower (Geisha) Festival .
second Sunday in November

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Nagasaki Lantern Festival


source : www.japantimes.co.jp 2013

the Nagasaki Lantern Festival, which will be held as always during the Chinese New Year.

Commencing Feb. 10, 2013 and continuing for two weeks, the festival will feature its usual 15,000-plus paper lanterns, which will illuminate the streets, parks and temples of Nagasaki’s Shinchi Chinese district.

The highlight of the event will be the grand parade — known as the maso-gyoretsu, which will feature dozens of giant lanterns depicting all manner of historical and mythical characters.

One of the highlights will be lanterns depicting the 12 signs of the zodiac in Chinese astrology, with the snake, whose year the event marks the start of, sure to feature prominently.

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Nagasaki Sailings Ship Festival in April
Nagasaki Peron Festival in July

. Nagasaki Okunchi 長崎おくんち .
Nagasaki Kunchi
October 7 to 9


Sasebo New Year's Sale
Sasebo Kira Kira Illumination

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Hirado City Festivals 平戸

Burning of the fields of Kawachi-tôge Pass - 川内峠野焼き

Cocks Festival and Miyancho Festival - コックスフェスタ
Hirado Autumn Festival - 平戸くんち城下秋まつり
Hirado Azalea Festival - つつじまつり
Hirado Flounder Festival - 平戸ひらめまつり
Hirado Jangara - 平戸ジャンガラ
Hirado Kunchi Festival - 平戸くんち
Hirado Summer Festival - 平戸港夏まつり
Hirado Tokajin Festival - 平戸海道渡海人まつり

Kappa Festival - がわっぱ祭り
Kigatsu Spring Lantern Festival - 木ヶ津千灯篭春まつり
Konaki Crybaby Sumo - 子泣き相撲
Lobster and Oyster Festival - エビ・カキ祭り
Oshima Bon Festival Dances - 大島盆踊り
Oshima Summer Festival and Fireworks Display - 大島村夏祭り花火大会
Tabira Spring Festival - たびら春まつり
Tabira Summer Festival - たびら夏祭り
Tachiura Port Fireworks Festival - 舘浦漁港花火大会
Tachiura Seribune Festival - 舘浦競漕船大会
Tachiura Suko-odori Dances - 須古踊り
Tei Seiko Festival - 鄭成功祭り
Tsuyoshi Chaichi Market - 津吉茶市
William Adams Memorial Ceremony - Anjin Ki 按針忌
source : www.city.hirado.nagasaki.jp


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William Adams
(24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620)
known in Japanese as Miura Anjin (三浦按針: "the pilot of Miura"),
was an English navigator who travelled to Japan becoming the first ever Western Samurai. Adams was also to be the first Englishman ever to reach that country and was the inspiration for the character of John Blackthorne in James Clavell's best-selling novel Shōgun.
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‘Anjin’ play launches yearlong celebration of U.K.-Japan ties



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A play about William Adams, thought to be the first Englishman to set foot in Japan, is being staged in London to mark the start of J400, a yearlong series of events to celebrate 400 years of Anglo-Japanese relations.

“Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai” is a drama about Adams’ friendship with the first shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The play tells how Adams, a maritime pilot, was washed ashore near Usuki in present-day Oita Prefecture in 1600 and gradually became one of the shogun’s most trusted advisers. He was given the name “Anjin,” meaning pilot, and became a samurai.
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In the play, Adams, who is played by Stephen Boxer, gradually becomes disillusioned with his homeland and begins to appreciate the Japanese culture and lifestyle.
source : www.japantimes.co.jp - Feb 8, 2013


Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
Giles Milton

With all the adventure, derring-do, and bloodcurdling battle scenes of his earlier book, Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, acclaimed historian Giles Milton dazzles readers with the true story of William Adams — the first Englishman to set foot in Japan (and the inspiration for James Clavell’s bestselling novel Shogun). Beginning with Adams’s startling letter to the East India Company in 1611 — more than a decade after he’d arrived in Japan — Samurai William chronicles the first foray by the West into that mysterious closed-off land. Drawing upon the journals and letters of Adams as well as the other Englishmen who came looking for him, Samurai William presents a unique glimpse of Japan before it once again closed itself off from the world for another two hundred years.
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. Places in Edo - Placenames .

Anjinchoo 安針町 Anjin-Cho, Anjin Cho district
the estate in Edo where Anjin lived
Now Chuo ward, Nihonbashi, 室町 Muromachi
The name Anjin-Cho was used until the early Showa period.






Anjin Dōri 安針通り Anjin Road
This name is still in use today.




Memorial stone for Miura Anjin
史蹟三浦按針屋敷跡



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. Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn (1557 - 1623) .
ヤン・ヨーステン ファン・ローデンスタイン / 耶揚子
Yayosu 八代洲 - - Yaesu 八重洲 in Edo

Joosten arrived in Japan on the ship リーフデ号 Liefde with William Adams.

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Matsuo Basho about Nagasaki 長崎

Oranda mo hana ni ki ni keri uma ni kura

The Dutchmen have come
to watch the cherry blossoms !
put the saddle on my horse

Tr. Gabi Greve

MORE - discussion of this hokku :
. Holland (Oranda オランダ / 阿蘭陀) .


Basho's disciples in and from Nagasaki

. Mukai Kyorai 向井去来 .

. Tagami no Ama 田上尼 (たがみのあま).
Kikusha Ni 菊舎尼, The Nun from Tagami. The Nun Kikusha.
She was born in Ueda village of of Nagasaki 長崎市田上.
She was the wife of Kyorai's uncle
At the local temple Tokuzooji 徳三寺 Tokuzo-Ji there is a stone memorial of a hokku by Kyorai:

名月や たかみにせまる 旅こころ

Two more relatives of Kyorai

Ushichi 卯七 (うしち)Nephew of Tagami no Ama
Uchoo 魯町(ろちょう)


. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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Nagano Prefecture

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Nagano Prefecture - 長野県

located in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshū.
The capital is the city of Nagano.
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. Okaya Daruma Festival 岡谷だるま祭り .


. Suimu Jinja Mikoshi makuri 水無神社 神輿まくり .
Throwing wooden palanquins on the road . . .
Kiso Fukushima 木曽福島


. Zenkooji kaichoo 善光寺 開帳 .
The showing of the secret statue at the temple Zenko-Ji.


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Opening of the Zenkoji Inner Temple Once Every Seven Years
April 6 (Sun.) - May 31 (Sat.)

Nagano Binzuru (Nagano Citizen's Festival)
Summer

The Iizuna Fire Festival - August
festival re-enacts the mountain opening ceremony held by Shugendo, a Buddhist sect that pays homage to mountains.


Sanada Festival - September

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Nara Prefecture

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Nara Prefecture - 奈良県

prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan.
The capital is the city of Nara.

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. O-Mizutori お水取り Drawing holy water .
well of Wakasa, Wakasa no i, Wakasa-I 若狭の井
Monks special training, Shuuni-E 修二会
Ceremony at the Hall Nigatsu-Do, nigatsudoo no okonai 二月堂の行
pine torches, taimatsu, o-taimatsu お松明



. Uchiwa maki eshiki うちわまき会式 fan scattering .
Temple Toshodaiji (Tooshoodai-Ji 唐招提寺)
Ganjin Ki 鑑真忌 Ganjin Memorial Day
Kangetsu Sanbutsu-E 観月讃仏会 Moon Viewing Ceremony



. Yoshino Yama 吉野山 .
龍王院 Ryuo-In - Dragon God Temple-Shrine fire festivals


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Festivals around Nara
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12/13/2011

Mie Prefectur

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Mie Prefecture - 三重県

prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island.
The capital is the city of Tsu.
Ise Grand Shrine - Japan's holiest Shinto shrine.
Mikimoto Pearl Island
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Ishigami-san Haru Matsuri Festival
Osatsu village, at shrine Shinmei Jinja 神明神社, Toba, Mie, May 7th.
. Ishigami san 石神さん Stone Deity .


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Oni demons made from mochi rice dough

観菩提寺 正月堂の修正会/三重県伊賀市 For the Shuni-E ritual at temple Kanbodai-Ji
鬼らしい。鬼なんだけれど、 like Oni 鬼 demons . ...
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. WKD : Mie Prefecture Festivals .


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January
YUMIHIKI SHINJI (Shooting Arrow Ceremony)
Koshika Shrine, Shima-shi.

February
KITSUNE NO YOMEIRI DOCHU (Fox Marriage Parade Ceremony)
Miyamado Inari Shrine, Miyamado-cho, Yokkaichi-shi.

March
HATSUUMA MATSURI - first day of the horse
Oka-dera Temple, Matsusaka-shi,

May
Don Doko Ichi (Fair)
Nikenjaya, Jinkyu Ise-shi.

June
SAIO MATSURI
Saiku Historical Museum, Meiwa-cho, Taki-gun.

July
TORO MATSURI
Enoura Bay, Kihoku-cho, Kitamuro-gun.

YABUNERI (Bamboo Bundle Parade)
Yagumo Shrine, Tsu-shi.


August
DAI YOKKAICHI MATSURI (Yokkaichi City Grand Festival)
Yokkaichi-shi.

THE GREAT KUMANO FIREWORKS FESTIVAL
Shichiri Mihama Beach Kumano.

NABARI TAKIGINOH (Torch Lit Noh)
Asahi Park, Nabari-shi.


September
ANORI NINGYO SHIBAI (Puppet Shows)
Anori Shrine, Ago-cho, Shima-shi.

October
TSU MATSURI - Tsu town
with Tojin odori (Korean dance), Shaguma, Takatora Daiko (Japanese drum), and Anotsu-maru (Japanese ship float).

November
SHICHIFUKU-JIN MATSURI
Junen-ji Temple, Kuwana-shi.

UJISATO MATSURI
Matsusaka-shi.

source : www.mietimes.jp


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MIE PREFECTURE
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Miyazaki Prefecture - 宮崎県

located on the island of Kyushu.
The capital is the city of Miyazaki. After the Meiji Restoration, Hyuuga (Hyuga Hyūga) Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture

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. Aoshima Shrine Festival, Hadaka mairi
青島神社はだか参り Aoshima Naked Festival .




Miyazaki Flower Festa みやざきフラワーフェスタ
From March to May at Kodomo-no-Kuni, Miyazaki



Miyazaki Shrine Grand Festival
Miyazaki jingu taisai 宮崎神宮大祭

(October 26th and following Saturday and Sunday)

It is the annual festival of Miyazaki Shrine, and is the greatest festival in Miyazaki Prefecture.
The ceremonies are held in the shrine in October 26th, and the attractive parades are held in the following Saturday and Sunday.
Emperor Jinmu has been enshrined in this shrine, so the main parade is called "Jinmu-sama".
Jinmu-sama has two different processions.
One is the sacred procession for Emperor Jinmu. Courtly and ceremonious parade is performed.
Another is the secular and lively procession. Many dances in Miyazaki Prefecture, rolling of drums, and some other performances appear.
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. Miyazaki Jinguu 宮崎神宮 Miyazaki Shrine .

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Obi Castle Festival 飫肥城祭り
Nichinan City’s representative fall festival, the Obi Castle festival, is held over a two day period in Obi at the castle town formerly resided in by the Itou clan. Befitting its nickname of “Kyushu’s Little Kyoto” the town of Obi is laid out in a grid like fashion and has preserved its old samurai residences and former merchant town atmosphere. The highlights of the festival take place at 3:30 p.m. on the 15th (Sat) when post horses gallop in front of the main gate and at noon on the 16th (Sun) with Taihei dancing and the parade of generals and male and female samurai warriors.
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. Taihei odori 泰平踊り "Peace Dance" dolls from Miyazaki .


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Onioi matsuri, oni-oi matsuri 鬼追い祭り
at Kumano shrine 熊野神社, Soo town 曽於市

January 7

Preparations start of January 2.
All ritual equipment is placed in a special hall and consecrated by the Shinto priest.

Three oni, father, mother and son, 男鬼 - 女鬼 -子鬼 are choosen from young men in their yakudoshi year. Their names are not made public for the next seven years.
The demons are said to be coming down from Mount Kirishima, 30 km away from the village.
They are dressed up with a huge headgear with many small gohei 御幣 paper stripes. People try to get some gohei for good luck in the coming year.
The three demons come down from the shrine toward the temple 光明寺 and run around wild in the dark, suddenly disappearing, suddenly showing up and hitting people.
The are accompanied by boys who support them like ninja 忍者風の黒子.

The oni of this festival are not bad ones, but good oni 善鬼 who bring good luck to the people. This is a very special festival and an important cultural property.



They also hold "demon's arms" prepared by the villagers and hit the visitors. Every hit secures a happy life in the coming year. But the arms are made from bamboo and rope and people get hurt by hitting. In former times, even wooden sticks were used for arms.
鬼の手で叩かれると厄払いになり.
The main run is at night with torchlight, quite spooky.


Smaller oni no te 鬼の手 "demon hands" are made by the local children and sold as amulets for the festival.
Special oni no fuku mame 鬼の福豆 lucky beans are also sold.

The festival is more than 1250 years old.

. Oni, Japanese Demons .


A similar appearance of a shaman in trance with a large gohei-like headgear is seen in my village at Ohaga at Temple Ryosan-Ji during O-Bon :



. 両山寺は護法祭 Gohoosai Festival.
ごうさま - Goosama


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Takachiho Yokagura 高千穂 夜神楽
Night Kagura Dance of the Takachiho Region

(From November to February)

"Kagura" is the dance and music of Shinto, and it is performed to offer to Shinto shrine. "Yokagura" means "overnight Kagura".
This Yokagura goes around all districts in Takachiho region from November to February.
At each district, 33 dances based on the story of Shinto god are performed.
It takes more than a dozen hours, so the performance starts in the evening and finishes in the afternoon the next day.
This is the important event for Takachiho's people in agricultural off-season.
source : travel-around-japan.com



. Kagura Masks from Takachiho .

. Kagura Dance (神楽 kagura) - Introduction .
yokagura 夜神楽 (よかぐら) Kagura dance at night


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Ebino Town Festivals (えびの市)
source : wiki/Ebino,_Miyazaki


Autumn Festivals in Miyazaki
Miyazaki Shrine Festival
Shiiba Heike Festival
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Miyagi Prefecture

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Miyagi Prefecture - 宮城県

prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island.
The capital is Sendai 仙台.

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. Matsushima 松島 .


. Kokeshi Dolls from Miyagi こけし .
Narugo Naruko Kokeshi Festival in September
Shiroishi Kokeshi Exhibition, May 3–5



Aoba Castel 青葉城 "Castle of the Green Leaves"
by Hasui Kawase (1883-1957)

Aoba Castle (青葉城, Aoba-jō), also known as Sendai Castle (仙台城, Sendai-jō), was the castle of the Date family. Built by Date Masamune atop Mount Aoba, it commanded a highly defensible strategic position overlooking the city of Sendai.
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. Akiu no taue odori 秋保の田植踊 rice-planting dance .

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Aoba matsuri 青葉祭り Aoba festival


suzume odori すずめ踊り starling dance, sparrow dance

The original Sparrow Dance is derived from the dance improvised by the stonemasons at the feast for the construction of Sendai Castle of famous monarch Masamune Date about 400 years ago.


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... representing the coming of Spring.
The special-feature event on Saturday evening (Yoi-matsuri, or Festival-Eve event) is the "Suzume-odori (sparrow dance) Contest", open to the public for participation. This adds to the atmosphere of the festival and it is encouraged for people to try the suzume dance for themselves!
The next day (Sunday) includes the Hon-matsuri (Main Festival), where you can see a parade of soul-stirring Yamaboko (decorative floats) and samurai warriors marching in procession under the roadside Zelkova trees.
Amid the beating sound of the Odaiko (big drums) and chanting for joy, the main street is completely filled with the jubilant excitement of the festival.
source : www.sentabi.jp




During the Edo period, a festival for Tosho-gu Shrine was held on September 17. This has come to be known as the "Sendai Matsuri."
Tosho-gu Shrine was built on April 17, 1654 in the days of the second Sendai clan leader, Date Tadamune, Sendai Matsuri started on that day the following next year. Because of Sankinkoutai ( a kind of the feudal system of Clan leaders' alternate-year attendance at Edo), it was held every other year, when the leader was staying in Sendai.

..... During the Meiji era, in 1874, Aoba Shrine 青葉神社 was built in the precinct at Tosho-ji Temple in Kitayama to commemorate Date Masamune, an ancestor of the clan leaders. On May 24, the next year, the anniversary of his death, the festival began. People had gradually come to call the festival "Aoba Matsuri" not Sendai Matsuri, and it became a civic holiday when banks, government offices and schools were closed to celebrated it.
In 1885, the 250th ceremony of Masamune's death was held in a large scale with many floats,
..... Although Aoba Matsuri was called off more than twenty years ago, it has been revived with some renewals in 1985, when it was the 350th ceremony of Masamune's death.
Now it has become a typical Spring sight in Sendai.

Read more details HERE :
source : www.aoba-matsuri.com


. Date Masamune (伊達政宗) .
(September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636)

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. Dontosai どんと祭 Matsutaki Matsuri .
naked men festival
January 14, Osaki Hachiman Shrine, Sendai



. Ishinomaki Kawabiraki 石巻川開き
"River Opening at Ishinomaki" .

in honor of Kawamura Magobei 川村孫兵衛



Matsushima Oyster Festival
first weekend(Saturday and Sunday) of February
featuring various winter oyster dishes, like barbequed oysters and scallops over charcoal.




Sendai Classical Music Festival
仙台クラシックフェスティバル
October
Sen-Cla (pronounced sen-ku-ra せんくら)
source : Japan Times, 2008



Sendai Pageant of Starlight SENDAI光のページェント
December
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. Tanabata Star Festival 七夕 .
Sendai Tanabata Festival, August 6–8


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Yosakoi Matsuri よさこい祭り 仙台
Yosakoi Dance Festival




Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance that originated in Japan. Yosakoi started in the city of Kōchi in 1954, as a modern rendition of Awa Odori, a traditional summer dance.
Since its introduction in 1954, yosakoi has become popular throughout the country of Japan. Now, Yosakoi-Soran festivals are held all over Japan, throughout the year.
They vary in size from small villages hosting a few teams of dancers in conjunction with another annual festival, to large cities like
Sendai, which hosts the Michinoku Yosakoi Festival,
the third largest festival in Japan.
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Furukawa Festival
August 2 - 4

Shiroishi Summer Festival
August 11 - 12
source : www.tohokumatsuri.jp



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Kyoto Prefecture

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Kyoto Prefecture - 京都(府) 

located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu.
The capital is the city of Kyoto.

. hana no miyako 花の都 "capital of blossoms" .
- kigo from Kyoto


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Amanohashidate 天橋立
. Ama no Hashidate Matsuri 天の橋立祭 .


. Kamo Shrine Festivals 賀茂神社 .
下鴨神社 and 上賀茂神社
Busha Shinji (歩射神事, archery ritual)
Kamo keiba 賀茂競馬horse race at Kamo shrine
Aoi Matsuri 葵祭 Aoi Festival - Kamo no matsuri 賀茂祭(かものまつり)
Shimogamo no misogi 下賀茂の御祓 Shimogamo purification rituals
yatori shinji 矢取り神事 Shimogamo Shrine Arrow Ceremony
hatsumari 初鞠 first kick-ball bame
Kamigamo Nentoosai 上賀茂燃燈祭 "Lantern Festival at Kamigamo"
Kamigamo otana kazari 上賀茂御棚飾 shelf decorations at Kamigamo shrine
Karasu-zumo "Crow Sumo (wresling celemony)"烏相撲(からすずもう)


. Kitano natane goku 北野菜種御供 (きたのなたねごく)
ritual for rapeseed blossoms .

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Hatsu Tenjin 初天神 First visit to a Tenjin Shrine
Urajiro renga 裏白連歌 "Linked verse with white backside"
Kitano no fudehajime sai 北野の筆始祭
first use of the brush ceremony at Kitano
Kitano matsuri 北野祭 (きたのまつり) Kitano Festival
shimai Tenjin 終天神 (しまいてんじん) last visit to a Tenjin shrine
Rituals for Sugawara Michizane 菅原道真



. Kushi Matsuri 櫛祭り Kushi Comb Festival .


. mikage matsuri 御蔭祭 "honorable shadow festival" .
mi-aregi 御生木(みあれぎ)
"Lawn Cutting Ceremony", shibakiri shinji
芝切神事(しばきりしんじ)
At Kamo Shrine



. Seimei Matsuri 晴明祭 Seimei Festival .
in honor of Abe no Seimei 阿倍晴明 at the Seimei Shrine 清明神社 at the Autumn equinox


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. WKD : Kyoto Festivals in April .



External LINKS


Kyoto Visitor's Guide - Monthly Events
source : www.kyotoguide.com
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Aoi Festival
Kurabe Uma-e Ashizoroe Ceremony
Yabusame Shinji
Saiodai Misogi Purification Ritual
Busha Shinji
Kamo Kurabe Uma
Shinsen-en Kyogen at Shinsen-en Temple
Senbon Enma-do Nenbutsu Kyogen at Senbon Enma-do Temple
Fujinomori Festival at Fujinomori Shrine
Ohara-me Festival in the Ohara Area
Kamogawa Odori at Pontocho Kaburenjo Theatre
Inari Festival at Fushimi Inari Grand Shrine
Nijo Castle Citizen Tea Party at Nijo Castle
Uesaku Festival at Kurama Temple
Mifune Festival in Arashiyama
Saga Festival at Nonomiya Shrine & Atago Shrine
Takigi Noh Night-time Performance at Heian Shrine

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Kagoshima prefecture

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Kagoshima Prefecture - 鹿児島県

located on the island of Kyushu.
The capital is the city of Kagoshima.

Kagoshima Prefecture corresponds to the ancient Japanese provinces Ōsumi and Satsuma, including the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands (Satsunan).
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Kagoshima Spring Festival

. Kagoshima Shrine Festivals 鹿児島神宮 .


. Kirishima Shrine Festivals 霧島神宮 .

Kirishima International Music Festival

Sand festival
Started in May since 1987

. Satsuma itobina 薩摩糸びな Satsuma string hina dolls .

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Rokugatsu-to (July/ at inner city shrines and temples)

Ohara Festival (November 2 - 3/ Sanbashi-dori - Takamibaba)
This is the biggest festival within the prefecture with 20,000 dancers and 500,000 visitors.

Asa-ichi Market(Around Nishi-Kagoshima station)
source : hometown.infocreate.co.jp


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Kanagawa Prefecture

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Kanagawa Prefecture - 神奈川県

located in the southern Kantō region of Japan.
The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.

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. Kamakura 鎌倉 a Haiku town .


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. Hibita Jinja 比々多神社 Hibita Shrine festivals .
Sake matsuri 酒祭 (11月下旬)Sake festival


. Ooyama matsuri 大山祭 Oyama festival .
Afuri Jinja, Oyama, Isehara 大山阿夫利神社



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Kanagawa Festivals Year Round
source : www.kanagawa-kankou.or.jp

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Kumamoto prefecture

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Kumamoto Prefecture - 熊本県

located on Kyushu Island.
The capital is the city of Kumamoto.

Former Higo Province 肥後国 Higo no Kuni

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. The land of Kumaso 熊襲 today Kumamoto Prefecture. .
古代九州西南部 -〈熊曾の国〉


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Hoshinaga Fumio:
Selected Haiku from Kumaso-Ha
Along with research interests in Japanese language and history, Hoshinaga has been concerned with the local history and deep tribal past of central Kyushu, a concern which frames his latest effort, Kumaso-Ha, a ninth haiku collection published by Honami Shoten in autumn 2003. The creativity of the haiku in Kumaso-Ha are striking: many are innovative in approach, presenting social and philosophical perspectives with deeply humane insight.
... You know, here in Kyushu, the Kumaso, the ancient tribe of central Kyushu, have been conquered and eradicated, but in my haiku, I want to rebuild, revive the Kumaso world—the era of the Kumaso and the essential nature of the Kumaso.
- source : www.modernhaiku.org/essays
- source : gendaihaiku.com/hoshinaga

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. Aso Shrine Festivals .
Aso jinja 阿蘇神社


. hassaku matsuri 八朔祭 Hassaku festival .
in the Yabe area

Hinokuni Festival
August 11 - 13


Fujisaki Hachimangu Shrine Grand Festival
September 11 - 15

. Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 .
Kato Kiyomasa Festival
Kumamoto, July


Kumamoto Castle Festival
October


. Yamaga Lantern Festival 山鹿灯籠まつり .



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