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Fukagawa Hachiman 'water-throwing' Festival

Fri, August 14, 2009, by Muza-chan

Today I visited the Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine, where the Fukagawa Hachiman Festival just started. The Fukagawa Hachiman, dating back to 1642, is one of the three major Edo festivals, along with Sanno Festival at Hie Jinja Akasaka Shrine and Kanda Festival at Kanda Myojin Shrine.

Once every three years (last time was in 2008), a big parade takes place, involving tens of portable shrines (mikoshi) and, among them, the largest mikoshi in Japan (approximately 4.4 meter-high, weighs 4.5 ton).
This year, a smaller parade takes place and the big mikoshi is just displayed to the public.

The festival is called mizu-kake matsuri (water-throwing festival), because during the parade the mikoshi bearers are splashed with water by the spectators.

Great fun follows the parade and I was carried away by the general enthusiasm, running around the parade, photographing and just taking care to avoid getting wet.

Fukagawa Hachiman Festival
Here are some more photos and videos from the parade:

Festivalul Fukagawa Hachiman

Astăzi am fost la altarul Tomioka Hachimangu, unde a început festivalul Fukagawa Hachiman, unul dintre cele trei mari festivale Edo (alături de Sanno Festival de la altarul Hie din Asakasa şi Kanda Festival de la altarul Kanda Myojin).

Odată la trei ani (ultima dată a fost anul trecut), aici are loc o paradă de câteva zeci de mikoshi, printre care cea mai mare mikoshi din Japonia (de aproximativ 4,4 metri înălţime şi 4,5 tone greutate).
Anul acesta are loc o paradă mai mică, iar mikoshi cea mare este doar expusă publicului.

Festivalul se mai numeşte şi mizu-kake matsuri (festivalul aruncării cu apă), pentru că pe parcursul traseului pe care se desfăşoară parada, spectatorii aruncă apă, cu găleţi sau cu furtunul, peste purtătorii de mikoshi.

Am fost prinsă de entuziasmul general şi am urmat parada de-a lungul a câteva străzi din jurul altarului, fotografiind şi având grijă doar să mă feresc de apă.

Fukagawa Hachiman Festival
Iată alte câteva fotografii şi înregistrări video de la paradă:

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