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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会59 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会59 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会59 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会 Lots of peas and beans.59 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会59 views
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Miyauchi-cho float 宮内町59 views
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町59 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会59 views
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Dai-niku float sold this hand towel and mini Sagicho for ¥500. 第二区59 views
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This clashing (or crashing) of floats is called "kenka" (fight). It lasts until 5 pm in front of the shrine (parking lot).59 views
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Miyauchi-cho float won 3rd place in the float design competition. 宮内町59 views
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Lots of straw on the ground, serves up lots of dust.59 views
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I was told that out of the 12 zodiac creatures, making the dog was the most difficult and making the dragon was the easiest. 58 viewsThe dog is difficult because it's the most familiar animal to humans, so people know exactly what a dog supposed to look like. People can get very critical if the dog doesn't look like what it supposed to look like. Details like the curvature of the legs, etc. So they refer to a thick photo book of all kinds of dogs to make sure everything looks real.
Making the dragon is easy because no one has seen a real dragon. So people don't know exactly what a dragon supposed to look like. It doesn't have be so exact like a dog.
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Float base for the dog. Each float design has a design concept or story behind it.58 views
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When Oda Nobunaga died and Azuchi castle destroyed, people in Azuchi moved to Omi-Hachiman and restarted the festival here. Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町58 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会58 views
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This one has a picture of the famous Azuchi Castle which is in Omi-Hachiman. The castle was built by warlord Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. This festival originated in Azuchi. Jukku-kai float. 十区会58 views
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Float leader directing the float bearers carrying the float. Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町58 views
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Shichikukai children's float. 紫竹会58 views
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Grounds of Himure Hachimangu Shrine which holds the Sagicho Matsuri. 日牟禮八幡宮58 views
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Shrine priest on horseback and behind him on another horse is the mayor of Omi-Hachiman who serves as the Honorary Chairman of the Sagicho Festival.58 views
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Cuttlefish slices and little silvery fish. Ikeda-machi float. 池田町58 views
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Dai-Juikku float. 第十一区58 views
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog. 第十一区58 views
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Honmachi float 本町58 views
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通り58 views
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通り58 views
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区58 views
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Suwai-cho float is stuck against the wall. 仲屋町58 views
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Float leader directing the float bearers carrying the float. Jukku-kai float. 十区会58 views
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Dai-niku float takes a fall. 第二区58 views
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No one cares about the damaged dogs because the floats would all be burned in the end. It's a fire festival and a variant of the dondo-yaki fire festival that burns New Year's decorations in mid-Jan. The fire supposed to make you young again.58 views
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A week before the festival, we visited the studio of two of the Sagicho floats. This is one of them at Miyauchi-cho. 宮内町57 viewsEach float is named after the district that it represents. It could be one or more neighborhoods in the city. A volunteer group for each float takes 2 months to make the float at their studio.
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Sanwakai float approaching the shrine. 参和会57 views
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In front of the torii gate, two floats join up.57 views
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Dai-niku float 第二区57 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会57 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会57 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会57 views
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This is in front of the shrine where all the floats gathered and lined up. Judges examined the floats to determine the winning float designs.57 views
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Float design judge.57 views
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Suwai-cho float leaving the shrine for the procession. 仲屋町57 views
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On Sat., the first day of the two-day festival, there is a procession from 2 pm. It is led by these shrine officials and the shrine priest on horseback.57 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会57 views
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町57 views
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The larger floats are burned from 8 pm. They burn 5 or 6 floats at a time until 10:30 pm. Miyauchi-cho float. 宮内町57 views
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On the first day (Sat.), the floats are paraded along the streets as they go to Himure Hachimangu Shrine and undergo judging for best design. The floats are works of art and made of edible materials mounted on a straw and wood base. Sanwakai float. 参和56 viewsMarch 17, 2018
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Miyauchi-cho float leaving the shrine to join the procession. 宮内町56 views
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In front of the torii and Hakuunkan. Uwai-cho float leaving the shrine. 魚屋町56 views
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Along the procession route, the floats take a break every once in a while. Shichikukai floats. 紫竹会56 views
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Uwai-cho float partying. 魚屋町56 views
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Sanwakai children's float. 参和会55 views
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町 (Visited this float's studio a week before.)55 views
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通り55 views
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This is in front of the shrine where all 13 floats gathered and lined up. Judges examined the floats to determine the winning float designs.55 views
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It's called "Suigo Meguri" (waterway cruise). Following the boat driver/captain.54 views
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区53 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会53 views
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Honmachi float 本町53 views
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Jukku-kai float takes a fall. 十区会52 views
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Materials for float-making at Suwai-cho. 仲屋町50 views
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