Most viewed - Ome Taisai Festival 青梅大祭 |
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Taiko drummer at Ome Taisai, Tokyo161 views
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Wooden clappers signal the start of the float's procession.159 views
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Rooftop carvings are also nice.156 views
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Ome Taisai151 views
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Joint jam session near JR Ome Station.149 views
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Tekomai child guardian at Ome Taisai, Tokyo131 views
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Taiko drummer at Ome Taisai, Tokyo127 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine in Ome, Tokyo126 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.69 views
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These photos were taken on May 3, 2014.67 views
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Tekomai child guardians lead the float processions.67 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.65 views
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Ome Taisai poster for 201465 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.64 views
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Tekomai child guardian at Ome Taisai, Tokyo64 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.64 views
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Floats arrived and performed with other floats.64 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine63 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.63 views
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Fox dancer and musicians.63 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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Inaba house63 views
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Two floats head for JR Ome Station.63 views
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The festival ended at 7:30 pm. Enjoyed it very much.63 views
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The festival is held near JR Ome Station on the Chuo Line.62 views
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My video of Ome Taisai festival in Tokyo.62 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. 62 views
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Wash basin62 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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Here and there in Ome you see these nostalgic Showa-Era signs and buildings.62 views
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Crowd in front of JR Ome Station62 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.62 views
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This part of town has more traditional buildings.62 views
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Almost no people here because they are crowded around a joint jam session further down.62 views
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After the joint jam session, the floats proceeded back to town.62 views
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Back of tekomai62 views
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More floats arriving for the finale in front of Shimin Kaikan.62 views
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The floats have festival musicians and masked comical dancers performing.61 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine was established in 1369.61 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61 views
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Each float represents a neighborhood of Ome.61 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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Another stationary entertainment stage.61 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. 61 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.61 views
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About the Inaba family house. Inaba-ke Jutaku61 views
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The floats paid its respects to another doll housed here.61 views
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In the evening, they light up the paper lanterns.61 views
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Ema prayer tablets60 views
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Those five dolls are instead displayed in their respective neighborhoods during the festival.60 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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Tekomai59 views
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Neighborhood headquarters houses a life-size doll.59 views
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One of the floats led by tekomai.59 views
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In the Inaba house was this doll. The floats were paying its respects to it.59 views
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The festival finale was held in front of this Shimin Kaikan Hall.59 views
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Near JR Ome Station, a few floats posed for photos.59 views
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The main road is very crowded, but they still can make way for all the floats passing through.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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A few floats also gathered near JR Ome Station.57 views
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In front of Shimin Kaikan.55 views
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