Today, I will introduce Fujinomiya autumn festival. It takes place in November 3th, 4th, 5th every year. I went there only first day. The second day is main of this festival. Regrettably, I have class in Yamanashi, so I couldn't go.
This festival is very big. People in many communities who worshipped at Sengen shrine got together and shared their happiness and thankfulness for rich harvest by playing music called"ohayashi" (お囃子), pulling around floats called"dashi"(山車), and dancing. So, You can see as many as 20 floats pulled around the streets.
This picture is dashi which my community has. My community name is "Kantate"(神立). Generally we play "ohayashi" with drums and gones and flutes on"dashi".
This picture is dashi which my community has. My community name is "Kantate"(神立). Generally we play "ohayashi" with drums and gones and flutes on"dashi".
Then if we meet another dashi on the street, we compete with "ohayashi" to decide which one's rhythm is better. The competition is called "seriai"(競り合い). This picture display the situation of "seriai". The streets are very narrow and two floats couldn't pass. So winner could pass.
There are many boothes in Sengen shrine. I ate takoyaki and crepe and frankfurt and so on. I ate too much. And I had a good time. I'm looking forward to taking part in next festival.
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3 comments:
Autumn is my favorite season, the festival sounds like a lot of fun! Which float did you like the best? What food did you like most? I really like crepes!
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My community float is the best. Because wood carving is woderful.
And I like crepes too. Especially I like it with chocolate and banana.
it must be great to see two floats face off, Japanese festivals sound like so~ much fun, I would really like to go to some someday!! I think I would spend most of the time eating. how often do these kinds of things go on in your town??
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