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Sakaki gidō |
"Sakaki ritual incantation." A rite held on the evening of February 13 at Shikanoumi Shrine in Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Sakaki branches are collected on Kami Mountain and distributed throughout the village, purifying all of the homes. — Mogi Sakae |
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Sakaki matsuri |
" Sakaki festival." A festival held August 15 at Ōtomo Shrine in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture. This violent festival is a roughhousing competition, where participants fashion branches of Japanese oak ( nara ) into a pair of rods known as sakaki-sama . All the par... |
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San'nōsai |
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Sanaburi shinji |
"Rice seedling encouragement rite." A rite held some time during the last ten days of June, on the 60th day after rice seeds have been planted, at Awa Shrine in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture. Early in the morning on the day of the ritual, seedlings plucked from the seed bed... |
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Sarutori matsuri |
A festival originally held on the first sarutori ("monkey cockerel") day of the eleventh lunar month, and now held December 4–5 at Tsuno Shrine in Koyu District, Miyazaki Prefecture. The festival is followed by a kagura performance held before a "mountain" m... |
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Seihakusai |
"Young oak festival." A festival held May 13–15 at Ōtokonushi Shrine in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The name comes from the fact that the special food offerings ( shinsen ) are presented piled up branches of young oak ( aokashira , characters that can also be read seih... |
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Shichijūgo musubi matsuri |
"Bound seventy-five times festival." An annual festival held September 16 at Togakushi Shrine (also known as Kuzuryū Daimyōjin) in Wara Village, Gujō District, Gifu Prefecture. On the day of the festival, two large floats known as ōyamayatai (see dashi ) are decorate... |
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Shikaura shinji |
"Deer divination rite." A rite held December 8 at Ichinomiya Nukisaki Shrine in Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture. Participants burn deer bones to divine whether there will be fires in the region. The shrine, in its capacity as the highest ranked shrine ( ichi no miya ) for th... |
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Shinane matsuri |
A festival held August 24–25 at Tosa Shrine in Kōchi City, Kōchi Prefecture. The festival had once been known as the Tosa Boat Festival ( Tosa ofune asobi ). After a ceremony, the portable shrine ( shin'yo ) is taken to the temporary resting spot ( otabisho ) located in front of the shrine... |
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Shinkenhōten shinji |
"Offering the sacred sword to heaven." A rite held on New Year's Eve at Hinomisaki Shrine in Taisha City, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. In this extremely secret and ancient ceremony, the chief priest ( gūji ) lights a divine flame and rigorously carries out purif... |
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Shinkōsai |
The procession of portable shrines (see the separate entry also titled shinkōsai ) is an essential element of nearly all shrine festivals. Here, the festival held May 4 at Toga Shrine in Ichinomiya Town, Hoi District, Aichi Prefecture, will be used as an example, as it brings togethe... |
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Shioyu |
"Tidal bath." A portable shrine ( shin'yo ) purification rite held the 14th day of the sixth lunar month at Sumiyoshi Shrine (Sumiyoshi Taisha) in Sumiyoshi Ward, Ōsaka City, Ōsaka Prefecture. The shrine to be used in the "last the summer" festival ( nagoshi ma... |
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Shioyutori shinji |
"Saltwater fetching rite." A rite for fetching saltwater held August 4 at Kitaoka Shrine in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. The rite immediately precedes the annual portable shrine procession (see shinkōsai ) ceremony. Early in the morning, priests ( shinshoku ... |
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Shirihineri matsuri |
"Bottom-pinching festival." A festival held on June 14 at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo Prefecture. The origins of this festival are based on folklore. According to leged, Ebisu, the kami enshrined here ( saijin ), dozed off while he was making his way t... |
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Shiritsumami matsuri |
"Buttock pinching festival." A festival held November 10 at Otonashi ("no sound") Shrine in Itō City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Because the rite is held in complete darkness with even speaking strictly forbidden, participants pinch one another's bottoms as th... |
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Shirongo masturi |
A festival for women divers ( ama ) held July 11 at Shirohige Shrine in Toba City, Mie Prefecture. Early in the morning, divers from the Shima area gather on the beach and at the sound of a conch shell begin an abalone collecting competition. A ceremony is held in which the first pair of bla... |
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Shishigari |
Shishigari is the name given to the planting, fishing, and hunting festival held March 12 at Shikanoumi Shrine in Shikashima, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. After a ceremony, rites are held in a purified ritual area ( yuniwa , see saijō ) on the shrine grounds ( keida... |
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Shōreisai |
"Annual festival of pines." A festival held from December 31 to January 1 at Dewasanzan Shrine in Haguro Township, Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture. It is also known as the toshiya matsuri ("evening festival of the years"). Dewasanzan ("D... |
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Suhōtei shinji |
A festival characterized by the offering of large banners that is held August 7–13 Iminomiya Shrine in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The festival supposedly began with the dance warriors performed with swords, pikes, and spears in hand when they celebrated the subjuga... |
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Sumomo matsuri |
"Plum festival." A festival held July 20 at Ōkunitama Shrine in Fuchū City, Tokyo Prefecture, in which special food offerings ( shinsen ) of plums and rice with chestnuts are offered to the kami. Eating plums on the day of the festival is said to exorcise evil spirits and pre... |
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