 Most viewed - Onbashira Matsuri (Shimo-sha Satobiki) 御柱祭 下社 里曵き |
Erecting Onbashira Log No. 4 for Harumiya Shrine on May 9, 2004. Shimosuwa, Nagano. 春宮四之御柱251 views
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Onbashira Festival. They included one woman.218 views
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Shimosuwa Station on May 8, 2004. Here for the final three days of the Onbashira Matsuri's climax, the Satobiki when they haul the Onbashira logs to the Shimo-sha Shrines (Akimiya and Harumiya) and erect them.201 views
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Onbashira-sai, Shimosuwa-machi, Nagano.201 views
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The only woman on the log. After this log-raising, I had seen enough. This No. 1 log offered the best view of all the four Akimiya logs.163 views
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Now they descend.136 views
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Everything is done with great fanfare, with these men riding on the log as it slowly rises by a system of cables and pulleys.131 views
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Erecting Onbashira Log No. 4 for Harumiya Shrine on May 9, 2004. 春宮四之御柱121 views
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Log in Harumiya Shrine.120 views
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"Yoisa! Yoisa!"117 views
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Shimenawa sacred rope on Kaguraden115 views
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Onbashira Log No. 1 already erected for Harumiya Shrine on May 8, 2004.113 views
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Taiko performance at Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine's Kaguraden112 views
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Banners unfurled.112 views
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Onbashira monument in front of Shimosuwa Station. This Onbashira log was used in the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998.111 views
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This is May 9, 2004, the second day of Shimo-sha Shrine's Satobiki. Shimo-sha Shrine consists of two separate shrines called Akimiya and Harumiya.109 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log108 views
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持107 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.107 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿106 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.106 views
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The bridge is normally closed to the public. In the old days, this bridge marked Harumiya Shrine's sacred area where even warlords had to get out of their palanquin or get off their horse out of respect before proceeding further. 下馬橋106 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.106 views
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Music Box Museum106 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.105 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations105 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine. That's a support pole for erecting the No. 1 Akimiya Onbashira log. 秋宮105 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.105 views
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On the way to Harumiya Shrine, you see this bridge. It is a rest stop for the Akimiya Onbashira log procession. 下馬橋105 views
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People everywhere.105 views
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Umbrella dance104 views
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Small support poles.104 views
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The men now descend from the log.104 views
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Sake is given for free.104 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.103 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log102 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮102 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.102 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.101 views
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Parade101 views
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Now it's May 10, 2004, the last day of the Shimo-sha Satobiki. All four logs will erected at Akimiya Shrine on this day.101 views
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People along the small slope.100 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."100 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.100 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.100 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.99 views
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Crowded street99 views
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Onbashira Grand Park99 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log99 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門99 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii98 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log98 views
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Ax man98 views
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This looks like Log No. 2 for Akimiya Shrine.97 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.97 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"97 views
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Ropes at rest95 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮93 views
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The logs are pulled by people from various districts or parishes in the Suwa region including Chino, Shimosuwa, Okaya, and Suwa.93 views
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All the Onbashira logs are hauled manually by human hands from when it is cut in the mountain forest. No motor vehicles of any kind is used to haul the logs.93 views
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Finally, something to photograph.93 views
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These people are from Suwa city.92 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.92 views
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We waited in the rain for Onbashira Log No. 1 to be erected first at Akimiya Shrine at 10:00 am. However, we had to wait, standing up in the rain and in the crowd, for 2.5 hours before they finally started to raise the log.92 views
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Another Onbashira log makes its way through.91 views
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The log can move quite fast, even with all those people riding it.91 views
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