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Gion matsuri |
A festival held between July 1 and July 29 at Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyōto City, Kyōto Prefecture. In ancient times it was called the Gionryō'e ("Gion Spirit Assembly"). The origin of the festival is said to be in the "spirit assembly" held by Empero... |
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Gogan shinji |
An annual festival ( reisai ) that takes place on February 10 at Sugōisobe Shrine in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. After the ritual service, dozens of young ujiko (parishioners) from the two districts neighboring the shrine, Shikiji and Oka, dressed in white undergarments, whit... |
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Gomottomosama |
Gomottomosama is the vernacular name for the February setsubun festival held at Mitsumine Shrine in Ōtaki Village, Chichibu District, Saitama Prefecture. A bean-scattering ceremony takes place in the haiden on the day before the calendrical beginning of spring ( setsubun no hi )... |
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Gozakae shinji |
A ritual celebrated on the evening of September 24 at Sada Shrine in Kashima Town, Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture. Practiced since the Yōrō era (717-724), the ritual consists of replacing the straw matting of the kamikura . Priests below the rank of gūji (chief priest) enter t... |
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Hama-ori Matsuri |
Festival of the Descent to the Shore. Held on July 15 at Samukawa Shrine (Samukawa Jinja) in Samukawa Town, Kōzaku District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Legend has it that this rite began in 1839 when the fishermen of Chigasaki rescued the sacred image of a deity ( shintai ) from the waters of ... |
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Hana matsuri (Yamagata) |
"Flower Festival." A festival held on July 15 at the Dewa Mountain Shrines (Dewa Sanzan Jinja), in Haguro Town, Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture. In the Tōke village at the foot of the mountain, both sides of the roads and the interiors of the houses are decora... |
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Hana-bai matsuri |
A festival meant to ensure the success of the silk harvest, which takes place on January 6 at Hakusan Shrine in Shiratori Town, Gujō District, Gifu Prefecture. Also called the Sixth Day Festival. A serving platter with offerings of rice, mochi (glutinous rice cake) and fruit is place... |
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Hana-e sai |
"Flower Assembly Festival." A festival held on April 11, at the Futarayama Shrine ( Futarayama Jinja ) on Baba Street in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture in commemoration of the temporary manifestation of the enshrined kami ( saijin ). Four boys around the age of twel... |
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Hana-no-tō |
A one-week-long festival celebrated from May 8 at Atsuta Shrine (Atsuta Jingū), in Atsuta Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. It is said that the number of participants is second only to the number of visitors on the first days of January, when many the first shrine visits in the new y... |
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Hanamori matsuri |
"Heaping of Flowers Festival." An observance held on April 22 at Niutsuhime Shrine ( Niutsuhime jinja ) in Katsuragi Town, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture. The name of the festival reflects the custom of offering piled cherry blossoms along with the standard food off... |
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Hanatsumi matsuri |
"Flower-picking Festival." Held on April 13 and 14 at Ōtori Shrine (Ōtori Jinja) in Sakai City, Ōsaka Prefecture. Young children in festive costumes, "blossom gathering girls" ( hanatsumime ) and a flower-decorated float ( hanaguruma ) pulled along by seve... |
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Hani-tsukai |
An observance held at Sumiyoshi Shrine (Sumiyoshi Taisha) in Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, twice a year, at the beginning of February and the beginning of November. Clay for making the earthenware platters hiraka used in festivals is brought from Mt. Unebi in Yamat... |
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Harabote matsuri |
A festival held on September 4 and 5 at Suwa Shrine in Yamanakako Village, Minami-Tsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. On the evening of the fourth, the portable shrine ( mikoshi ) transported to a temporary resting place. On its return journey on the fifth, the mikoshi is carried b... |
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Hashira matsuri |
This festival is held on July 17 at Sekiyama Shrine in Myōkō Village, Naka-Kubiki County, Niigata Prefecture. On this day, unlit pine torches known as "pillar pines" ( hashira matsu ) are put up along the right and left sides of the shrines grounds ( keidai ) Young people fro... |
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Hassaku matsuri |
The term hassaku refers to the first day of the eighth lunar month and the term hassaku matsuri encompasses a variety of observances held to appeal to the kami for a plentiful harvest. The hassaku matsuri at Matsunoo Shrine (Matsunoo Taisha) in Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefec... |
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Hataage shinji |
A rite is held on July 15 at Ayabe Hachiman Shrine in Nakabaru Town, Miyaki District, Saga Prefecture. A flag attached to a bamboo pole is placed in the gingko which is the shrine's sacred tree ( shinboku ). On this day, in charge of raising the flagpole into the sacred tree cleanse their b... |
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Hataori shinji |
Also known as the Yamaguchi festival, this ritual is an annual observance ( reisai ) held on October 27 and 28 at Nikabe Shrine in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Formerly, a weaving rite ( hataori shinji ) and horseback archery ( yabusamei) used to be performed on the occasion o... |
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Hatotori matsuri |
Dove-Capturing Festival. A festival held at Atago Shrine in Senmaya Town, Higashi Iwai District, Iwate Prefecture. The festival takes place in mid-August, but the dates vary from year to year. A wooden figure of a phoenix, referred to as ohato ("dove"), is placed on top o... |
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Hatsu'u matsuri |
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Hatsuho matsuri |
A festival celebrating the first ears of rice harvested is held on October 15 at Ikukunitama Shrine in Tennōji Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Formerly held on the twenty-eighth day of the ninth lunar month. Bamboo baskets containing the rice ears, are taken by twelve young girl... |
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