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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. [1] Many events take place in central Kyoto and at the Yasaka Shrine, the festival's patron shrine, located in Kyoto's famous Gion district, which gives the festival its name. [1]
Of these, 12 floats are associated with the Hie Shrine and 11 floats associated with the Hachiman shrine. Apart from 2 float which are of the kaguradai (神楽台) type, all floats are three-storied floats (三層屋形). Takayama, Gifu: Gion Matsuri yamaboko-floats (祇園祭山鉾, gion matsuri yamaboko) 1.6
Yamaboko Floats of the Kyoto Gion Matsuri (京都祇園祭の山鉾行事, kyōto gion matsuri no yamaboko gyōji) [141] July: Dashi float parade accompanied by hayashi music. The festival originates from a goryō-e ritual in 869 when 66 halberds were used to pacify disease causing spirits. From 960 the festival became an annual event only ...
Hakata Gion Yamakasa (博多祇園山笠) is a Japanese festival celebrated from the 1st until the 15th of July in Hakata, Fukuoka. The festivities are centered on the Kushida Jinja . The festival is famous for the Kakiyama, that weigh around one ton and are carried around the city as an act of float -racing.
The pikes became decorated, larger, and eventually morphed into the famous Gion Matsuri yamaboko (山鉾) floats. [7] These travel through the central streets of Kyoto, as do mikoshi (portable shrines) from Yasaka Shrine, to purify the streets and ward off any potential epidemics or other harm. The Gion Matsuri takes place every July.
Dashi floats can be seen in many festivals in Japan, such as the Takayama Matsuri in Gifu Prefecture and the Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo. During the Takayama Matsuri, ten dashi floats go through the city in the day and at night. The Kanda Matsuri has both dashi floats and mikoshi, with people wearing traditional clothes walking through the streets. [1]
Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and 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 ...
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 Fukuoka prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is held for three days (Friday–Sunday) before and after the fourth Saturday of July.