 Most viewed - Yasu 野洲市 |
At the festival start time, the Ayame girls start carrying the taiko drum and mikoshi from this gate.75 views
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Just beyond the tree is the peak.74 views
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Many of the mikoshi are for children. The mikoshi come from smaller shrines in the area related to Hyozu Taisha.74 views
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Dotaku means bronze bell. Yasu is the site of the discovery of Japan's largest ancient bronze bells. The Dotaku Bronze Bell Museum (Dotaku Hakubutsukan) explains the history and discovery of Yasu's bronze bells.74 views
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"Take home your trash"73 views
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Mt. Mikami73 views
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Grassy lawn72 views
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This elevated structure served as a storehouse.72 views
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When I visited this shrine before, I wondered what these stone markers were for. Now I know. They have the name of a portable shrine, indicating the place where the respective portable shrines can be parked along this path during the festival.72 views
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There are several large mikoshi carried by men. All the mikoshi and taiko drums have a name.72 views
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They shout "Choitosa!" while carrying the mikoshi. チョイトサ72 views
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Nice to see a few foreigners too. Local English teachers perhaps.72 views
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At the end of the pine tree path, the second torii is red, right after the Taikobashi Bridge.71 views
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Festival crowd head for the shrine to pray.71 views
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They are so photogenic.71 views
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Sports Recreation Shiga 2008 opening ceremony at Kibogaoka Park, Yasu on Oct. 18, 2008. It was a sunny, cloudless day, and quite hot in sun. スポレク滋賀 開会式70 views
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Almost got run over by this one.70 views
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Approaching Hyozu Taisha.70 views
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About Japan's largest dotaku bronze bell.70 views
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Weeping cherry tree69 views
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It would be a matter of time before walls were constructed below the roof.69 views
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They crossed over the Taikobashi Bridge. あやめ神輿69 views
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The lost mikoshi.69 views
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Japan's largest dotaku bronze bell on a special homecoming display at Dotaku Museum in Yasu, Shiga.69 views
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A set routine is lowering and raising the mikoshi.68 views
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Looking toward Hyozu Taisha Shrine.68 views
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The children's mikoshi start to leave Hyozu Shrine as the festival winds down.68 views
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A whole bunch of other dotaku were found in the same area as late as 1962. Most of the bells displayed are replicas, but a few are genuine.68 views
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On the right was a large stage for the band.67 views
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They come one after another, big and small.67 views
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The Ayame girls return.67 views
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Meanwhile a Shinto ceremony is held in the shrine hall.67 views
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Museum entrance with a sign indicating the Homecoming Exhibition for Japan’s Largest Bronze Bell to mark the museum's 25th anniversary.67 views
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Mikoshi portable shrine storehouse66 views
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Then representatives from all 47 prefectures marched through the crowd.66 views
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The contingent from South Korea also marched to their seats from the center stage.66 views
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Ayame taiko girls.65 views
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The Ayame taiko girls turn back for the last time and head for the shrine.65 views
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From JR Yasu Station, take a bus to Oshinohara which is this intersection. 大篠原64 views
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Hyozu Taisha is amid rice paddies. The row of pine trees in the distance marks the path to the shrine. This is the view from the bus stop.64 views
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Established in 717 (Nara Period), Hyozu Taisha worships a god named Onamuchi-no-Mikoto (大己貴命) also called Yachihoko (八千矛神). Onamuchi-no-Mikoto is a god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine.64 views
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About Hyozu Taisha's Japanese garden. The garden dates back to the Heian Period. It was here even before the shrine moved here. The original garden was built by a local aristocrat named Harima-no-Kamisukeyori 播磨守資頼 who lived here in the Kama64 views
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After the taiko drum, a second group of girls start carrying the Ayame mikoshi. 64 views
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The big Omiya mikoshi.64 views
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The children's mikoshi are parked along this path in front of the shrine.64 views
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Way back to the torii.63 views
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The drummer really has to move quickly with the rest of the boys as they move unpredictably.63 views
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The Ayame mikoshi girls head for the shrine.63 views
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At this end of the pine tree path, there is the Taikobashi Bridge and the red torii. This is where the crowd is concentrated to see the mikoshi being raised and the phoenix atop the mikoshi pulled out and raised by the mikoshi rider..62 views
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A unique thing about this festival is that the mikoshi rider pulls out and raises the mikoshi's top ornament (usually a phoenix). 鵜の息抜き62 views
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All that gravel can make it quite dusty.62 views
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Shrine maidens.62 views
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During Oct. 5 to Nov. 24, 2013, for the first time since its discovery in Yasu in 1881, Japan's largest bronze bell was exhibited at the Dotaku Bronze Bell Museum. Buses to the museum ran from Yasu Station.62 views
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Giant balls were tossed to the audience. They slapped the balls toward the front, but many of them popped like a balloon.61 views
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Sake from Shiga61 views
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Free shuttle buses took us from Kibogaoka Park and Yasu Station (or nearby parking lots).61 views
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This garden is also beautiful in fall when they light up the autumn leaves at night (see photos below).61 views
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One mikoshi was missing. Maybe it was lost.61 views
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A priest blesses each children's mikoshi.61 views
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Sign for the homecoming exhibition of Japan's largest dotaku bronze bell during autumn 2013.61 views
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The ground transformed into a lake.60 views
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Free acupuncture.60 views
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After the red torii is this red Romon Gate, said to have been donated by Shogun Ashikaga Takauji. The shrine also has historic ties to Minamoto Yoritomo and the Tokugawa shoguns.60 views
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Hyozu Taisha's Japanese garden, nationally noted as a famous garden. 兵主大社庭園60 views
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Sannomiya Shrine of the right of the Honden. 三宮社59 views
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Miyazaki's booth.59 views
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Osasahara Shrine's Haiden Hall is what you first see when you enter the shrine grounds.59 views
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Dotaku Museum sign. The museum is open 9 am to 5 pm, closed Mon. (open if national holiday). From JR Yasu Station’s South exit (Minami-guchi), take a bus going to Karyoku Koen (花緑公園) or Murata Seisakusho (via Nishi Gate 西ゲート経由 村田59 viewsGet off at Dotaku Hakubutsukan-mae (銅鐸博物館前). Bus ride is only a few minutes. From bus stop, cross the road to get to the museum.
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Buses going back to Yasu Station run only once an hour. The bus stop to go back to Yasu Station is up the slope on the other side of the road where you got off. You can ask the museum about the bus times to go back.59 views
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The opening ceremony stage was at the front and center, looking very tiny to most of us. Shiga Governor Yukiko Kada is in a yellow pants suit.58 views
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A taiko troupe performs.58 views
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Wish they actually flew the kite, but I guess there wasn't enough room.58 views
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Sports Recreation Shiga 2008 aerobics tournament in Maibara.58 views
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