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  2. Kanda Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    Kanda Matsuri (神田祭) or the Kanda Festival, is one of the three great Shinto festivals of Tokyo, along with the Fukagawa Matsuri and Sannō Matsuri.The festival started in the early 17th century as a celebration of Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at the battle of Sekigahara and was continued as a display of the prosperity of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. [1]

  3. List of Shinto shrines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Shrine name Location Enshrined deity California Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America (アメリカ出世稲荷神社) Los Angeles (宇迦之御魂神) Uka-no-Mitama-no-Kami

  4. History of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    Shinto is a religion native to Japan with a centuries'-long history tied to various influences in origin. [1]Although historians debate [citation needed] the point at which it is suitable to begin referring to Shinto as a distinct religion, kami veneration has been traced back to Japan's Yayoi period (300 BCE to CE 300).

  5. Yamato Colony, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Yamato Colony 1908 with two-story house of founder Jo Sakai. The Yamato Colony was an attempt to create a community of Japanese farmers in what is now Boca Raton, Florida, early in the 20th century.

  6. Japanese festivals - Wikipedia

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    Japanese festivals, or matsuri (Japanese: 祭り), are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.The origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings to the kami", and ...

  7. Sannō Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of the festival from Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.The print shows a float with a dancer impersonating the Dragon King passing Edo castle. Hie Shrine At Otoko-zaka, in Hie Shrine

  8. Department of Divinities - Wikipedia

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    While the department existed for almost a century, there are periods of time in Japanese ancient and medieval history where jingi-kan was effectively inexistent, parallel to the evolution of the ritsuryō system and Shinto, such as when the establishment of jingi-kan was burned down during Ōnin War (1467-1477).

  9. Kayu ura - Wikipedia

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    Kayu ura (粥占) or Mi kayu ura (神粥占) is a Japanese Shinto divination ritual using rice gruel or bean gruel. Kayu ura ritual at Fujisan Simomiya Omuro Sengen Shrine Traditionally, the kayu ura ritual took place on the 15th day of the first lunar month , but, since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar it has been conventional to perform ...