Festival Beauties お祭り美人

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Festival Beauties お祭り美人

Koenji Awa Odori Dance 高円寺阿波おどり

The biggest taiko drum festival in the Kanto region is held annually in April. Various taiko drum troupes perform for two full days on various outdoor stages in Narita, including the main stage in front of the Narita-san temple.

Tekomai

Tokushima Awa Odori dancer

Float pullers at Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri

Prayers to the Kanamara-bune mikoshi かなまら舟神輿

Shinjuku Eisa Matsuri, Tokyo

Tokushima Awa Odori dancer

Court ladies called uneme. Their kimono have a blue wave design. 釆女

Tokushima Awa Odori dancer

White Heron Dance is one of the highlights of the festival. It is also performed on other occasions in Asakusa. The dance was revived in 1968 in Asakusa to mark the Meiji Period Centennial. It has been performed annually on Nov. 3 ever since. 白鷺の舞

Setsubun bean throwing at Takahata Fudoson temple, Hino, Tokyo

Oedo Sukeroku Taiko troupe. They were all girls and super good!

Oedo Sukeroku Taiko troupe

Nene, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife

Shrine maiden and Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa

Tomioka Hachiman tekomai geisha

Genroku Flower-Viewing Dance 元禄花見踊り

Oiran Dochu Procession. This picture was taken next to the Sensoji Temple behind which the parade starts. Before, one oiran courtesan rode in a rickshaw. 花の吉原おいらん道中

Oiran Dochu Procession 花の吉原おいらん道中

Oiran Dochu Procession. The two little girls are called kamuro.

She walks in a very slow and stylized way, her feet taking figure-8 steps. She needs the man's shoulder to steady herself.1 comments

Dance maidens

Awa Odori Dance, Yamato, Kanagawa

Awa Odori Dance, Koenji, Tokyo

Hanagasa Festival, Yamagata

Hana-yakko dancer at Chawan Matsuri, Yogo, Shiga

Fukushima Waraji Matsuri

She was definitely the focal point of the procession. Who cares about the daimyo? They past Yumoto Station in the background in the Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu Procession.

Taiko drummer at Hachioji Matsuri. She was very good.

Tekomai at Hachioji Matsuri, Tokyo.

Hyozu Matsuri Festival 兵主祭

The 50th Koenji Awa Odori Dance during Aug. 26-27, 2006.

Kagurazaka Awa Odori Dance 神楽坂阿波踊り

Kagurazaka Awa Odori Dance

Kitamachi Awa Odori, Tokyo

Kitamachi Awa Odori, Nerima-ku, Tokyo

Kichijoji Autumn Festival

This lady always poses for me. Koenji Awa Odori 2009.

Koenji Awa Odori 2009

Hatanaka-kikko-ren, Kita-Urawa Awa Odori in Saitama. 畑中亀甲連

Kokubunji-ren from Kokubunji. 国分寺連（国分寺）

Nakamurabashi Awa Odori dancer

Nakamurabashi Awa Odori

Nakamurabashi Awa Odori in Sept.

Okame-ren, Nakamurabashi Awa Odori

Aoniyoshi Parade at Heijo-kyo, Nara

These pictures were taken in early May so the flower motif might change in later seasons.

Tempyo Procession, Nara Heijo-kyo

Shrine maidens selling fuku-sasa branches at Nishinomiya Shrine's Toka Ebisu.

Otsuka Awa Odori

Toshima Kuyakusho-ren (Ward Office), Otsuka Awa Odori 豊島区役所連

Rice-planting festival dancer, Yasu, Shiga Pref.

北海道美人

Good-looking girls in Hokkaido are really good-looking. They look healthy, thanks to Hokkaido's clean environment, wide-open spaces, and good food. It's a different kind of beauty from the superficial/artificial looks of big-city girls.

Shimada Mage Matsuri in Shimada, Shizuoka. Her real hair in Shimada-ryu style.

Shimada-ryu hairstyle at Shimada Mage Matsuri, Shizuoka.

Their costume is quite elegant whichever way you look at it. Shirasagi-no-Mai White Heron Dance, Asakusa.

Sanja means "Three Shrines," dedicated to the two fishermen who found the Kannon buddha statue and the wealthy landlord who converted them to Buddhism. The statue became the object of worship that founded Sensoji Temple.