{"id":8626,"date":"2016-07-14T19:15:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.j-cycle.com\/blog\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2016-07-17T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T04:55:00","slug":"%e3%80%90discription-of-gion-festival%e3%80%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.j-cycle.com\/blog\/?p=8626","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Discription of “Gion Festival”\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gion Festival is going to be held!<\/span><\/div>\n
It’s Kyoto’s most exciting, hottest days.(Until 7\/17)<\/span><\/div>\n

Gion Festival is going to be held!It’s Kyoto’s most exciting, hottest days.(Until 7\/17)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Gion-Matsuri(Festival)” is Kyoto’s one of biggest festival since 9th century.<\/span><\/p>\n

Old Kyoto people started praying for no disease after an epidemic of plague, it was told it is the start of Gion-Matsuri.<\/span><\/p>\n


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This festival belongs to Yasaka-Shrine, but the main part of the festival is carrying portable shrines around Kyoto town. <\/span><\/p>\n

Those portable shrines are called “Hoko” or “Yama” and its decoration is based on famous Japanese and Chinese story. <\/span><\/p>\n

They are reserved and taken care of by each local town inside kyoto-city and carried by each local town people during the Festival. <\/span><\/p>\n

Each Hoko and Yama are decorated by various traditional artifacts and keep their own “Go-shintai”(means object of worship) inside.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of them were burned or destroid in the past domestic wars, but Kyoto people repair and rebuild them time after time, and Gion festival is still going on now a days…<\/span><\/p>\n


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And, There is one Yama base infront of our shop, and its famous for talisman for a happy marriage!<\/span><\/p>\n

All men and Women who is looking for love must check it out!<\/span><\/p>\n


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\u3010\u4fdd\u660c\u5c71 (Hosho-yama)\u3011 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This float depicts the story of Fujiwara Yasumasa (Hosho is another way to read his name in Japanese), an 11th century Japanese warrior.<\/span><\/p>\n

He loved a court lady, who entreated him to get some plum blossoms, which were blooming at the Imperial palace. <\/span><\/p>\n

This float is, therefore, worshiped as the God of love, and on the festival eve, people can get a special talisman for a happy marriage in front of this float.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u3010discription for Another famous “Yama”,”Hoko”\u3011<\/span><\/p>\n


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\u3010\u9577\u5200\u927e\uff08Naginata-Hoko\uff09\u3011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


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this one is always going first of the “Yama”,”Hoko” marching.<\/span><\/p>\n

And Its only one Hoko it keeps holy child (through some pre ritual in Yasaka shrine, this child become messenger of Shinto-God.) inside.<\/span><\/p>\n

And it is holding holy katana blade on top of it which is believed it expels evil and desease.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Town address : \u4e0b\u4eac\u533a\u56db\u6761\u901a\u6771\u6d1e\u9662\u897f\u5165\u30eb\u9577\u5200\u927e\u753a88<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Goods(Selling in front of the base):<\/span><\/p>\n

Hand towel\u30fbToy katana blade \uff08as a talisman for good health\uff09<\/span><\/p>\n


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\u3010\u87f7\u8782\u5c71\uff08Tourou-Yama\uff09\u3011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


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Tourou(Mantis)-Yama is famous for its gimmick of big mantis on the portable shrine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mantis represents brave of fighting for big enemy (from chinese story).<\/span><\/p>\n

Town Address:\u4e2d\u4eac\u533a\u897f\u6d1e\u9662\u901a\u56db\u6761\u4e0a\u30eb\u87f7\u8782\u753a<\/span><\/p>\n


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Special Goods(Selling in front of the base):<\/span><\/p>\n

Hand towel \/ Fan \/ T-shirt\u3000(All mantis paturn)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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