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Autumn Takayama Festival (Hachiman Festival)
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The Autumn Takayama Festival (Hachiman Festival) is an annual festival at Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine and is held on October 9th and 10th every year.
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- Karakuri dolls with fascinating elaborate movements
- A festival procession of several hundred people wearing ancient costumes that makes you feel as if you have traveled back in time
- The stalls lit with lanterns create a fantastic atmosphere
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Takayama
Festival is said to have its origins in the late 16th and 17th centuries.
Takayama Festival is a general term that refers to two festivals, the Sanno
Festival in the spring and the Hachiman Festival in the fall, and has been
carefully preserved by the people of Takayama.
Among these,
the ``Hachiman Festival,'' which paints Takayama with autumn colors, is an
annual festival of Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine, the guardian deity of the
northern half of the former Takayama castle town. Every year on October 9th and
10th, 11 food stalls appear on the north side of Yasukawa Street. You can enjoy
traditional festival events such as float floats being pulled around the town
and the karakuri dedication of Hoteitai.
The festival
dates back to the era of the Kanamori clan, the feudal lord of the Hida domain
(1585 to 1692), and floats are said to have originated around 1718.The festival
is said to have started around 1718, with karakuri offerings showing off
skillful doll movements and rigged return wheels. The craftsmanship is alive
and well.
At the
Takayama Festival in autumn, 11 ``matsuri floats'', also known as moving
Yomeimon gates, are pulled out and show off their gorgeous appearance. In
addition, a festival procession consisting of hundreds of people wearing
traditional costumes such as cockfighting and kamishimosugata was led by
musical accompaniment, court music, and lion dance. We will go around the
festival area. At night, each stall lights up about 100 lanterns, creating a
gorgeous decoration in the darkness of the night. Takayama Festival raises the
spirits of Hida people. Takayama is an unwavering pride.
Karakuri dolls with fascinating elaborate movements
Twice a day
on the 9th and 10th, a karakuri offering will be performed using a hotei stand
in the grounds of Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine. The highlight is the ingenious
mechanism in which two Karako jump across the stick to Hotei-sama, and
Hotei-sama swings his Gunbai. You will be fascinated by the performance of the
puppets, which you will not believe is based on rope handling.
A festival procession of several
hundred people wearing ancient costumes that makes you feel as if you have
traveled back in time
A large
procession of several hundred people dressed in traditional costumes, including
cockfighting music and kamishimo sugata, goes around the town while playing
ohayashi and gagaku music. Masu. We will depart from Sakurayama Hachimangu
Shrine on the afternoon of the 9th and tour the town. On the 10th, we will
depart from Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the morning and return to
Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine via Otabisho.
The stalls lit with lanterns create a fantastic atmosphere
Another
charm of the Takayama Festival is the evening festival that begins on the
evening of the 9th. The floats, each lit with about 100 lanterns, travel around
town and return to their respective stalls while singing the traditional
farewell song "Takayama." The swaying lights shine in the dark night,
stirring up the feeling of autumn.
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Schedule
October 9th to 10th every year
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Surrounded by the magnificent nature represented by the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps), Hida Takayama is a town that is alive with history and traditional culture, such as old townscapes that retain traces of the Edo period and Takayama festivals held in spring and autumn. There are also hot springs such as Hida Takayama Onsen and Okuhida Onsenkyo, as well as gourmet food such as Hida beef and Japanese sake. In particular, the Takayama Festival, which is held in spring and autumn, is characterized by a festival procession centered around gorgeous floats (dashi floats), elaborately moving mechanical dolls, and reproductions of picture scrolls, and many people from Japan and abroad come to watch. I will visit. It is about 6 hours from Tokyo and about 4 hours from Osaka. There are some of Japan's leading tourist destinations such as Shirakawa-go, Kamikochi, and Kanazawa in the surrounding area, and you can visit various places around Hida Takayama. There is a mix of various types of accommodations, including Western-style hotels, traditional inns, homely guesthouses, and hostels suitable for long-term stays, and we have the capacity to meet the needs of our users. The people of Hida, who are involved in various fields such as nature, history, tradition, culture, and gastronomy, are simple and warm, and offer heartfelt hospitality to visitors.
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