 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255 views
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Onbashira Festival. They included one woman.221 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.203 views
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Onbashira-sai, Shimosuwa-machi, Nagano.203 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.165 views
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Now they descend.139 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.132 views
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Erecting Onbashira Log No. 4 for Harumiya Shrine on May 9, 2004. 春宮四之御柱122 views
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Log in Harumiya Shrine.120 views
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"Yoisa! Yoisa!"120 views
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Shimenawa sacred rope on Kaguraden117 views
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Onbashira Log No. 1 already erected for Harumiya Shrine on May 8, 2004.114 views
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Banners unfurled.114 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 1998.113 views
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Taiko performance at Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine's Kaguraden113 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.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.111 views
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持110 views
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Music Box Museum110 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations108 views
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Umbrella dance108 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log108 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108 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.108 views
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People everywhere.108 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿107 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.107 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107 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.107 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.106 views
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Small support poles.106 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.106 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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People along the small slope.105 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮105 views
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The men now descend from the log.105 views
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Sake is given for free.105 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.104 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log104 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.104 views
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Parade104 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.104 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.103 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.103 views
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Crowded street102 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log102 views
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Onbashira Grand Park102 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log102 views
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This looks like Log No. 2 for Akimiya Shrine.102 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii101 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門101 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.101 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."100 views
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Ax man100 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.99 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.99 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"99 views
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Ropes at rest98 views
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Finally, something to photograph.97 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.96 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮95 views
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Another Onbashira log makes its way through.95 views
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The log can move quite fast, even with all those people riding it.95 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.95 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.94 views
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These people are from Suwa city.94 views
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