KashimaJingu

Location:

Kashima city., Ibaraki pref., JAPAN.

Photo:

"Saito-sai" festival in 1997.

Explanation:

(Shintoism shrine)

The head of thousands of Kashima-jinja shrines in Japan.There are about hundred festivals/ceremonies in a year.

Japanese

Events:

• 1st, Jan.: Ceremony of new year's first morning (0:00-, ceremony starts at 6:00)
• 3rd, Jan.: Ceremony of new year (10:00-).
• 7th, Jan.: "Oume matsuri," ceremonial running of a white horse (18:00-).
• Setsubun: Setsubun festival, ceremony at 16:00 and 18:00
• 9th, Mar.: Saito-sai
  • Quite old style parade of 150-300 people (13:00-16:00)
  • Song of Saito-bayashi by Hokugo group and by Nango group (u-law, 220k)
  • The verse is too oldfor modern japanese to recognize.
  • Audio CD is available: "Kanto and Chubu area: Nihon no matsuri (japanese festivals)," KICH2044, King record co., Japan.
  • After the parade there are some ceremonies at the shrine building.
• 1st, May: Yabusame archery, Otaue rice plantting ceremony
• second sunday of May: Demonstration of Bujutsu
• 30th, Jun.: Ooharai prayer for health
• The last day of June (lunatic): Nagoshi-harai prayer for health
• 1st of Sep.: Jinko-sai anniversary festival
  • Mikoshi parade, 5 floats with Kashima-bayashi music (is same as Sawara bayashi), lantern festival.
  • 10:00 Mikoshi parade starts.
  • 16:00-21:00 Chochin-matsuri lantern parade.
    • After the parade the lanterns are burned.
  • 10:00-22:00 Parade of floats, at 15:00 demonstration of floats.
  • 20:00 Ceremony of Mikoshi at the gate of the shrine.
• 2nd, Sep: Kanko-sai (Returning mikoshi parade)
  • 16:00 Demonstration of floats
• 2nd, Sep. (once in every 12 years): Mifune-sai parede of ships
• 17th, Oct.: Jingu-sai
• 3rd, Nov.: Sumo festival
• 23rd, Nov.: Autumun festival
• 31st, Dec: New years eve

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