The Gion Festival (祇園祭, Gion Matsuri) is one of the largest and most famous festivals in Japan, taking place annually during the month of July in Kyoto...
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Yasaka Shrine (redirect from Gion Shōja)
became an annual event known as the Gion Goryo-e, and then the Gion Matsuri, associated with Gion Shrine, in the Gion district of Kyoto. The pikes became...
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located just south of Gion Pontochō, another district on west side of Kamo river Kamishichiken, the oldest district in Kyoto Gion Matsuri, one of the largest...
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Japanese festivals (redirect from Matsuri)
On the other hand, Gion Matsuri, Aoi Matsuri, and Jidai Matsuri are considered the three major festivals in Kyoto. Gion Matsuri attracts huge crowds...
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major festivals, with the other two being the Aoi Matsuri, held annually on May 15, and the Gion Matsuri, which is held annually from 17 to July 24. It is...
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Daikoku-nagare. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hakata Gion Yamakasa. Matsuri Gion Matsuri List of Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties Important...
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(then known as Gion Shrine) which became known as Gion Matsuri. By the Middle Ages, the Gion faith had spread throughout the country, and Gion shrines or...
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The Tobata Gion Yamagasa festival (戸畑祇園山笠) is a popular local Japanese festival (matsuri) which takes place annually in Tobata, a ward of Kitakyushu in...
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Rakuchū rakugai zu, a 16th-century depiction of central Kyoto including Gion Matsuri floats (center) and Kiyomizu-dera (upper right) Throughout the Edo period...
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The three most famous festivals of Kyoto, the Aoi Matsuri, the Gion Matsuri, and the Jidai Matsuri can all be seen in Nakagyō-ku. It is also home to several...
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Kyoto, Japan, the other two being the Festival of the Ages (Jidai Matsuri) and the Gion Festival. It is a festival of the two Kamo shrines in the north...
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three largest festivals in Japan. The other two are Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and the Chichibu Matsuri. The festivals are famous for the large ornate floats, or...
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Gonick, Gloria (2002). Matsuri! Japanese festival arts. p. 25. Shaguma are characters who appear annually in the Gion Matsuri procession. ... The red...
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festival encompasses a range of ceremonial practices and observances. The Gion Matsuri held at Yasaka Shrine serves as a well-known illustration of the Shinko-sai...
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Ōtsu (section Ōtsu Matsuri)
city. The Ōtsu Matsuri is similar to the Gion Matsuri in Kyoto, and features thirteen tall lantern floats, which resemble those of the Gion. The floats feature...
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"Shinseki ga Koroshi ni Kita") 03. "Is It Wilting?" (枯れてる?, "Kareteru?") 04. "West Tokyo Sound Effect Festival" (西東京擬音祭り, "Nishi-Tokyo Gion Matsuri")...
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Exhibition Kyoto Hemp Forum Festivals in Kyoto Aoi Matsuri Gion Matsuri Gozan no Okuribi Jidai Matsuri Languages of Kyoto Kansai dialect Media in Kyoto...
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Tenno Matsuri (天王祭り) is a festival held annually, in July, in Tsushima, Aichi. The highlight of the two-day event is the evening festival in which a dozen...
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water rose, drowning the Korean soldiers. An annual festival, called Gion Matsuri, at Yasaka Shrine celebrates this legend.[citation needed] Ryūjin was...
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Kyoto are Aoi Matsuri from 544, Gion Matsuri from 869, Ine Matsuri from the Edo-era, Daimonji Gozan Okuribi from 1662, and Jidai Matsuri from 1895. Every...
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Kyoto Prefectural Riot Police Unit officers on duty during the Gion Matsuri 2008 festival....
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Jitsuroku Corresponding to three reign of Emperor Seiwa, Yōzei, and Kōkō. Gion Matsuri Said to have originated during the reign of Emperor Seiwa (r. 858–876)...
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(四条室町)) in Shimogyō build floats (yamaboko (山鉾)) to parade during the Gion Matsuri festival. ja:京都市内の通り Specifically, at the block now bounded by Karasuma...
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include the large figures on festival floats, for festivals like Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and smaller entertaining scenes, often with a musical element accompanying...
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Masahiro Makino Jinsei-gekijô: Hishakaku to kiratsune Miyagawa Tomu Uchida Gion matsuri Unknown Daisuke Itô and Tetsuya Yamanouchi Bakuto retsuden Unknown Shigehiro...
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festival, Kamo no Matsuri, also called Aoi Matsuri, is the oldest of Kyoto's three major festivals. The others are Jidai Matsuri and Gion Matsuri. The popular...
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Susanoo-no-Mikoto (category Gion cult)
in green. Izumo Province Izanagi Ama no Fuchigoma Amaterasu Kusanagi Gion Matsuri Bhaisajyaguru Because (A) in the Kojiki, the children borne by Amaterasu...
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founded in 757. The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is centred on the shrine. List of Shinto shrines Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri "Kushida Shrine". Fukuoka...
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(1968) as Fortune Teller Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) as Dr. Junan Gion matsuri (1968) as Tsuneemon Shin Abashiri Bangaichi (1968) as Tetsutarō Fujigami...
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inspired by elements of the culture and history of the city, such as the Gion Matsuri, its cityscape, the passing of the seasons and the surrounding nature...
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