OnabakeJinja

Location:

Nareuma-machi, Ryugasaki city., Ibaraki pref., JAPAN.

The shrine is in an isolated area of Ryugasaki city in Onabake-machi of Ushiku city.

Photo:

Hatsu-uma in 1998.

Explanation:

(Shintoism shrine)

Japanese

Events schedule:

• First Uma-no-hi (date of horse of 12 animals) of Feburuary (lunatic): Anniversary festival (Hatsu-uma)
  • One of biggest ueki-ichi (open air market of pot plants) in Kanto area (200 of stands).
• 22nd, March: Spring festival
  • Private ceremony (author's guess)
• 23rd, November: Autumn festival
  • Private ceremony

Appendix:

The variety of stands of Hatsu-uma:

• Ikayaki: grilled/boiled squid
• Takoyaki: octopus pancake
• Okonomiyaki: pork pancake
• Yakisoba: grilled noodle
• Furankufuruto: grilled sausage
• Oobanyaki: pancake with bean jam (round shape)
• Taiyaki: pancake with bean jam (fish shape)
• Ichigo-ame, Mikan'ame: Strawbery/orange with candy
• Donguri-ame: candy ball
• Choko-banana: banana with chocolate
• Wata-ame: candy fluff
• Kakigori: frappe
• Crape
• Suuji-awase: roulette (game)
• Kuji: lottery (game)
• Bromide paper
• Toys
• Vinyl dolls
• Wanage: quoits (game)
• Shateki: shooting (game)
• Bekkoame: figured candy
• Jaga-butter: steamed potatos with butter
• Yaki-imo: roast sweet potatos
• Nishiki-goi(*): colorful carps
• Kingyo-sukui: dipping up goldfish (game)
• Ningyo-sukui: fipping up dolls (game)
• Omen: masks
• Police
• Togarashi: red pepper
• Wakasagi: (dried fish)
• Wakame: sea tangle
• Himono: dried fish
• Kawaebi: dried shrimps
• Ami, zakko: (dried fish)
• Shiozake: salted salmon
• Hotate-yaki, hamaguri-yaki: grilled shells
• Yakitori: grilled chicken/pork
• Ramen: noodle
• Tsukemono: pickles
• Senbei, Kakimochi: rice cracker
• Hat, cap
• Clothes
• Key holders
• Glasses(*)
• Ceramic pot
• Knife
• Hoe
• Brand
• Kago: bamboo basket
• Usu, kine, tsukue(*): mortar, punder, table (wood made products)
• Oke: tub
• Mamushi, Suppon(*): japanese old (magical) medicine for stamina, made from snakes/tortois.
• Daruma: Dharma mascot
• Juzu: Buddhism rosary
• Omamori: shintoism charm
• Ofuda: shintoism paper charm (at the shrine building)
• Blessed sand (*)(at the shrine building)
• Ueki: garden trees, pot plants
• Bonsai
• Items with asterisks are rare to see in smaller festivals.
• Drink is rather hard to get at any stands (I don't know why).

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