 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548 views
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Onbashira Festival. They included one woman.489 views
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Onbashira-sai, Shimosuwa-machi, Nagano.456 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.410 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.347 views
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Now they descend.345 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.337 views
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Ax man335 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.333 views
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The men now descend from the log.332 views
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Music Box Museum332 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 1998.331 views
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持331 views
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Taiko performance at Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine's Kaguraden328 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log327 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.326 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿324 views
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Banners unfurled.323 views
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Umbrella dance320 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.319 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮317 views
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Finally, something to photograph.316 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.315 views
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Crowded street310 views
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Small support poles.307 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307 views
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These people are from Suwa city.307 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii306 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log306 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.306 views
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Shimenawa sacred rope on Kaguraden305 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.305 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.305 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.304 views
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"Yoisa! Yoisa!"304 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log303 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.303 views
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This looks like Log No. 2 for Akimiya Shrine.302 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.300 views
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People everywhere.299 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations295 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log295 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.294 views
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Onbashira Log No. 1 already erected for Harumiya Shrine on May 8, 2004.294 views
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Log in Harumiya Shrine.294 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.293 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.293 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮291 views
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Another Onbashira log makes its way through.291 views
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Erecting Onbashira Log No. 4 for Harumiya Shrine on May 9, 2004. 春宮四之御柱290 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine. That's a support pole for erecting the No. 1 Akimiya Onbashira log. 秋宮289 views
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Sake is given for free.289 views
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The log can move quite fast, even with all those people riding it.289 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.288 views
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Onbashira Grand Park287 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.286 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.284 views
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Parade283 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門282 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."281 views
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People along the small slope.280 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"277 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273 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.270 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.269 views
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Ropes at rest261 views
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