 Most viewed - Ome Taisai Festival 青梅大祭 |
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Taiko drummer at Ome Taisai, Tokyo159 views
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Tekomai at Ome Taisai157 views
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Wooden clappers signal the start of the float's procession.157 views
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Rooftop carvings are also nice.155 views
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Joint jam session near JR Ome Station.148 views
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Tekomai child guardian at Ome Taisai, Tokyo130 views
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Taiko drummer at Ome Taisai, Tokyo126 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine in Ome, Tokyo125 views
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Held annually on May 2 and 3 in Ome, Tokyo, Ome Taisai has 12 ornate floats pulled along the main street near JR Ome Station. About 150,000 people come to see Ome's largest festival. This float festival has been held since 1872.79 views
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Ome Taisai is held by Sumiyoshi Shrine in Ome, the city's main guardian shrine. Ome is a former post town along the Ome Kaido Road going from Shinjuku, Tokyo to Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.68 views
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These photos were taken on May 3, 2014.66 views
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Tekomai child guardians lead the float processions.66 views
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At large intersections, the floats gather for a joint jam session.66 views
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Tekomai dressed in kimono were hot since it was a hot spring day with a strong sun. A mom sprays coolant on this boy's head.64 views
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On May 2, each float is paraded around their own neighborhood. The main day is May 3 when all the floats are pulled along this Kyu-Ome Kaido main road parallel to Ome Station from 9 am to 7:30 pm.63 views
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Tekomai child guardian at Ome Taisai, Tokyo63 views
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Six floats gathered here for a joint performance.63 views
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Shishimai lion dancer63 views
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On the way back to town, each float turned toward this house and performed for a while. Interesting how some of the floats can swivel.63 views
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Inaba house63 views
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Floats arrived and performed with other floats.63 views
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Ome Taisai poster for 201463 views
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After World War II, seven more floats representing other neighborhoods joined the festival. Most of the current floats were built relatively recently.62 views
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The floats keep coming one after another on the main road near JR Ome Station.62 views
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Fox dancer and musicians.62 views
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The festival is held near JR Ome Station on the Chuo Line.61 views
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The floats have festival musicians and masked comical dancers performing.61 views
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My video of Ome Taisai festival in Tokyo.61 views
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This was the beginning of the Ome Taisai. In 1872, the five neighborhoods started to pull ornate floats during the festival. 61 views
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Wash basin61 views
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They make sure the floats don't hit power lines or collide with any roofs and other floats. They attach themselves to a safety rope.61 views
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Almost no people here because they are crowded around a joint jam session further down.61 views
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The floats paid its respects to another doll housed here.61 views
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Two floats head for JR Ome Station.61 views
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The festival ended at 7:30 pm. Enjoyed it very much.61 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine60 views
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Each float represents a neighborhood of Ome.60 views
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Here and there in Ome you see these nostalgic Showa-Era signs and buildings.60 views
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Crowd in front of JR Ome Station60 views
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The five original floats were much taller with three tiers topped with a large doll like this. Overhead power lines installed in 1911 forced the floats to downsize and remove the dolls.60 views
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This part of town has more traditional buildings.60 views
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After the joint jam session, the floats proceeded back to town.60 views
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Part of the Inaba house is this kura storehouse in the back. Built around 1886. Not open to the public.60 views
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Back of tekomai60 views
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More floats arriving for the finale in front of Shimin Kaikan.60 views
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In the evening, they light up the paper lanterns.60 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine was established in 1369.59 views
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In 1513, parishioners from five neighborhoods (Sumie-cho, Honcho, Nakacho, Kamicho, and Morishita-cho 住江町、本町、仲町、上町、森下町) held a spring festival to celebrate their renovation of the shrine's Haiden hall.59 views
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Ema prayer tablets59 views
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Tekomai59 views
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Another stationary entertainment stage.59 views
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The former Inaba family residence from the Edo Period. The house includes a traditional kura storehouse. The Inaba family were successful merchants and Ome village elders. The house also exhibited one of the large dolls originally mounted on a float. 59 views
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About the Inaba family house. Inaba-ke Jutaku59 views
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Ome Taisai Floats Amagase-cho 天ヶ瀬町 Hinatawada 日向和田 *Honcho 本町 *Kamicho 上町 Katsunuma-cho 勝沼町 *Morishita-cho 森下町 Nishiwake-cho 西分町 *Nakacho 仲町 Oyana-cho 大柳町 *Sumie-cho (Miyamoto) 住江町 Takinoue-cho 滝58 views
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Neighborhood headquarters houses a life-size doll.58 views
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Those five dolls are instead displayed in their respective neighborhoods during the festival.58 views
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The main road further west is less crowded.58 views
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Post office58 views
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One of the floats led by tekomai.58 views
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In the Inaba house was this doll. The floats were paying its respects to it.58 views
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The festival finale was held in front of this Shimin Kaikan Hall.58 views
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Near JR Ome Station, a few floats posed for photos.58 views
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The main road is very crowded, but they still can make way for all the floats passing through.57 views
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A few floats also gathered near JR Ome Station.56 views
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In front of Shimin Kaikan.55 views
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