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We were done about Japanese Food and now we will proceed with Japanese Festival.
Japanese festivals are traditionally festive occasions. Some festivals have their roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone dramatic changes as they mixed with local customs. So, in this entry we will share some of the Japanese festival and how they celebrate it.
Local festival which is known as MATSURI in Japan are usually held annually and celebrate the shrine's deity or a seasonal or historical event. Some festival are held over several days.
An important element of Japanese festivals are processions, in which the local shrine's kami (Shinto deity) is carried through the town in mikoshi (palanquins). It is the only time of the year when the kami leaves the shrine to be carried around town.
Every festival has its own characteristics. While some festivals are calm and meditative, many are energetic and noisy. Bellow are the some of the most famous festival celebrated by Japanese.
1. Sapporo Snow Festival
Large snow and ice sculptures are built in the city's centrally located Odori Park during the Sapporo Snow Festival. This festival will be held in February for one week.
2. Omizutori
Omizutori is a Buddhist religions service rather than a festival, held every year at the Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji Temple. The most soectacular among its many ceremonies is the nightly burning of torches on the balcony of the wooden temple hall.
3. Takayama Matsuri
Large and elaborately decorated floats are pulled through the old town of Takayama. Held in spring and autumn.
4. Sanja Matsuri
The festival of Asakusa Shrine, the Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo's three big festival. Mikoshi are carried through the streets of Asakusa.
5. Kyo Gion Matsuri
The festival of Yasaka Shrine, Gion Matsuri is ranked as one of Japan's three best festivals, featuring over 20 mete tall festival floats. The highlight of the festival takes place on July 17.
6. Nebuta Matsuri
The Nebuta Matsuri features festival floats with huge lanterns, some measuring more than 10 meters. The festival attracts several million visitors every year.
7. Kanto Matsuri
Over two hundred long bamboo poles with up to 46 lanterns attached to each are balanced by the members of this popular festival's nightly parades.
8. Awa Odori
This is the most famous of many traditional dancing festivals held across Japan during the obon season in mid August.
9. Nagasaki Kunchi
The festival of Nagasaki's Suwa Shrine, the Nagasaki Kunchi features Chinese style dragons and floats shaped like ships.
10. Jidai Matsuri
A spectacular historical parade which covers the over 1000 years during which Kyoto served as Japan's capital. The procession leads from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine.
11. Chichibu Yomatsuri
The Chichibu Night Festival is considered one of Japan's three best festivals featuring large festival floats (yatai). The festival's highlight takes place in the evening of December 3.
Done with Japanese local festival, MATSURI.
Thank you for reading.
Till then, sayonara everyone.
Japanese festivals are traditionally festive occasions. Some festivals have their roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone dramatic changes as they mixed with local customs. So, in this entry we will share some of the Japanese festival and how they celebrate it.
Local festival which is known as MATSURI in Japan are usually held annually and celebrate the shrine's deity or a seasonal or historical event. Some festival are held over several days.
An important element of Japanese festivals are processions, in which the local shrine's kami (Shinto deity) is carried through the town in mikoshi (palanquins). It is the only time of the year when the kami leaves the shrine to be carried around town.
Every festival has its own characteristics. While some festivals are calm and meditative, many are energetic and noisy. Bellow are the some of the most famous festival celebrated by Japanese.
1. Sapporo Snow Festival
Large snow and ice sculptures are built in the city's centrally located Odori Park during the Sapporo Snow Festival. This festival will be held in February for one week.
Omizutori is a Buddhist religions service rather than a festival, held every year at the Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji Temple. The most soectacular among its many ceremonies is the nightly burning of torches on the balcony of the wooden temple hall.
Large and elaborately decorated floats are pulled through the old town of Takayama. Held in spring and autumn.
4. Sanja Matsuri
The festival of Asakusa Shrine, the Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo's three big festival. Mikoshi are carried through the streets of Asakusa.
The festival of Yasaka Shrine, Gion Matsuri is ranked as one of Japan's three best festivals, featuring over 20 mete tall festival floats. The highlight of the festival takes place on July 17.
The Nebuta Matsuri features festival floats with huge lanterns, some measuring more than 10 meters. The festival attracts several million visitors every year.
Over two hundred long bamboo poles with up to 46 lanterns attached to each are balanced by the members of this popular festival's nightly parades.
This is the most famous of many traditional dancing festivals held across Japan during the obon season in mid August.
The festival of Nagasaki's Suwa Shrine, the Nagasaki Kunchi features Chinese style dragons and floats shaped like ships.
A spectacular historical parade which covers the over 1000 years during which Kyoto served as Japan's capital. The procession leads from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine.
The Chichibu Night Festival is considered one of Japan's three best festivals featuring large festival floats (yatai). The festival's highlight takes place in the evening of December 3.
Done with Japanese local festival, MATSURI.
Thank you for reading.
Till then, sayonara everyone.
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