The metalworking work

"The skill meeting which exhibits it of the metalworking work"

An exhibition to exhibit the skill of the craftsman of the goldwork of Kakkyo-yama in Kyoto art center in October, 2009 was held and was full of people interested in much Gion festival.

Awata-Matsuri 粟田祭

"Awata-Matsuri" 　「粟田祭」

October 12 Sun gateway to the east of Kyoto, the shrine was held Awata Awata -Matsuri(Festival).

Awata-Matsuri(Festival) is a festival with a history of more than 1,000 years, particularly the famous"Ken-Hoko" of "Ken-Shashi" is performed. Spear and sword is the way to cleanse the shrines, Meru equipment used in rituals to calm evil spirits. Can make a spear sword "discourage" and express.

粟田祭りは１０００年以上の歴史を持つ祭礼で、特に有名な「剣鉾」の「剣差し」が行われます。剣鉾とは神輿が行く道を祓い清めて、悪霊を鎮めめる祭具。この剣鉾を立てることを「差す」と表現します。現在では、この「剣差」と呼ばれる差し手が減少して京都の祭礼でも、出会える機会がほとんどありません。

"Kasakake Shinto Ritual"

Kyoto Kamigamo Shrine

October The third Sunday , the shrine Kamigamo "Kasakake ritual" was held. Kasakake and the ancient Japan, the horseback archery has a history of more than 1500 years.

Autumn in Kyoto as the trappings of tradition, 800 years to swing back five years ago.

Happines Seven God

京都泉湧寺の七福神めぐり。

京都泉湧寺の七福神めぐり。山内の七福神を福笹に縁起物を取り付けながら巡る行事。今 年の１月１２日京都は午前中は小雪で、午後は晴れながら寒い一日。

Visiting Seven Deities of Good Luck of the Kyoto Sennyu-ji temple. It circulates through seven God to give happiness while installing a mascot to fortune bamboo grass. An event of the winter of Kyoto.

"Chimaki" 厄除けの粽

”Chimaki"　That I promise it for a descendant of a charm against plague as the thanks for the warm service that I received in a house of a poor charm against plague (the older brother of the house which was wealth fortune declined it) when "Susanou-no-Mikoto"(素盞鳴命) demanded crash pad on a trip for an old days in a time limit of "Chimaki"(粽)of the Gion festival to let you avoid an evil of an epidemic and let a waist touch a ring of Kaya as the mark is done with ague of "Chimaki"(粽).
A citizen of resurrection that took care of "Susanou-no-Mikoto"(素盞鳴命) to a charm of the Shinto; is written clearly that is the next "Somin-Sorai" (蘇民将来）descendant.
The "Chimaki" is a charm of the ancient Shinto with an article causing happiness to each family.
This ”Chimaki" is sold in each Yamahoko-cho by an eve of Gion-Festival(Matusri).


The "kakkyo-Yama's" Chimaki

2007 Festival Eve

The musical accompaniment of the Gion festival

On July 10, the sound of the musical accompaniment sounds from each Hoko-cho in this time when the assembling of the Hoko float begins.
People call the exercise of this musical accompaniment the second floor musical accompaniment(Nikai-Bayashi).
The town of Kyoto swells until a Gion festival parade day of July 17.

A ceremony to select a turn as in a lottery

2008 Kyoto Gion-Matsuri(festival) ,A ceremony to select a turn as in a lottery.

Because the fight of the Yamahoko-cho did not die out over parade order as for the lottery collecting, it began in 1500 (Meio era 9) years. The end of the war such as Kyoto prefecture or a city hall is Yasaka-jinja Shrine just after that, and six angles of Edo was performed in the days of a temple, Meiji, but a municipal assembly assembly hall suffers from a meeting place from 1953.

2008 The parade order with each float of this year is as follows.

1. Naginata Boko 2. Mousou Yama 3. Aburatenjin Yama 4. Houshou Yama 5. Kanko Boko

6. Taishi Yama 7. Shijyoukasa Boko 8. Urade Yama 9. Niwatori Boko 10. Hakurakuten Yama

11. Araretenjin Yama 12. Yamabushi Yama 13. Tuki Boko 14.Ashikari Yama 15. Ayakasa Boko

16. Tourou Yama 17. Kikusui Boko 18. Tokusa Yama 19. Hakuga Yama 20. Kakkyo Yama

21. Houka Boko 22. Iwato Yama 23. Funa Boko 24. Kitakannon Yama 25.Hashibenkei Yama

26. Kurinushi Yama 27. Hachiman Yama 28. Suzuka Yama 29. Ennogyoujya Yama

30. Koi Yama 31. Jyoumyou Yama 32. Minamikannon Yama