 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264 views
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Onbashira Festival. They included one woman.226 views
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Onbashira-sai, Shimosuwa-machi, Nagano.208 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.207 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.171 views
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Now they descend.141 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.137 views
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Erecting Onbashira Log No. 4 for Harumiya Shrine on May 9, 2004. 春宮四之御柱130 views
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Log in Harumiya Shrine.125 views
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Onbashira Log No. 1 already erected for Harumiya Shrine on May 8, 2004.122 views
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"Yoisa! Yoisa!"122 views
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Shimenawa sacred rope on Kaguraden121 views
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Banners unfurled.120 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 1998.119 views
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Taiko performance at Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine's Kaguraden119 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.116 views
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持115 views
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Umbrella dance115 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log115 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.115 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.114 views
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Parade114 views
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Small support poles.113 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113 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.113 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113 views
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Music Box Museum113 views
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People everywhere.112 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.112 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.111 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿111 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log111 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log110 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.110 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine. That's a support pole for erecting the No. 1 Akimiya Onbashira log. 秋宮109 views
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People along the small slope.109 views
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The men now descend from the log.109 views
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Sake is given for free.109 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.109 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.108 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations108 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.108 views
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Crowded street107 views
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Onbashira Grand Park107 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮107 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii106 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.106 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.106 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log105 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門105 views
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This looks like Log No. 2 for Akimiya Shrine.105 views
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Ax man105 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.105 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."104 views
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Ropes at rest103 views
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Another Onbashira log makes its way through.101 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.101 views
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The log can move quite fast, even with all those people riding it.101 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.101 views
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Finally, something to photograph.101 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"100 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.100 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮99 views
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These people are from Suwa city.99 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.98 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.97 views
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