Thursday, September 14, 2023
The 2023 Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival in Hokuryu Town was held for three days from Friday, September 8th to Sunday, September 10th.
- 1 Hokuryu Town “Reiwa 5 Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival”
- 2 Shinryu Shrine
- 3 In front of Yawara Community Center, Fifth Otabisho (Yawara Neighborhood Association)
- 4 The chief priest recites a prayer
- 5 lion dance
- 6 Expels evil spirits, protects from misfortune, improves academic performance, and keeps you healthy.
- 7 Sweets given as presents to the children!!!
- 8 YouTube videos
- 9 Other photos
- 10 Related articles
Hokuryu Town “Reiwa 5 Shinryu Shrine Autumn Festival”
Shinryu Shrine
This festival celebrates the bountiful harvest of autumn and offers prayers of thanks to the gods for their protection and the blessings of nature.
During the procession of the portable shrine, lion dances are performed at each shrine.
- Festival committee chairperson:Masami Komatsu
- Festival Vice Chairman:Mr. Mitsuhiro Murakami
- Representative:Mr. Toshiyuki Takada
Festival
- Yoimiya Festival:September 8th (Friday) 6:00 PM Shrine
- Main Festival:September 9th (Sat) 9:00 AM Shrine
- Next day festival:September 10th (Sunday) 9:00 AM Shrine
Shrine visit
- In front of Dego Shrine, Saturday, September 9thDeparture time: 9:50 AM
- First Otabisho:In front of Eirakuen
- Second Otabisho:In front of Mitani Community Center
- Third Otabisho:Nishikawa Hall
- lunch :Nishikawa Hall
- Fourth Otabisho:In front of Itaya Community Center
- Fifth Otabisho:In front of Wakomi Center
- Tamaki:Shrine
Dedication entertainment
- As a dedication entertainment, a "Town Karaoke Festival" and a "Park Golf Tournament" were held.
- Town Karaoke Festival:Saturday, September 9th, 6:00 PM, Community Center Large Hall
- Park Golf Tournament:Sunday, September 10th, 10:30 AM, inside the temple grounds
In front of Yawara Community Center, Fifth Otabisho (Yawara Neighborhood Association)
Preparation for the fifth Otabisho
Sand (sai sand), green bamboo, shimenawa and paper streamers
The place where the mikoshi is set up is made into a pure place to welcome the gods by piling up sand (saisuna), erecting green bamboo at the four corners of the festival grounds, and attaching paper streamers to the shimenawa rope.
Shinsen: offerings made to the gods
Rice, sake, rice cakes, dried foods (kelp), vegetables (radish, cucumber, carrot, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, watermelon), fruits (apple, pear, banana), salt, water, sweets (manju).
Tamagushi (a branch of sakaki tree with paper streamers attached)
Offerings to the gods are lined up
The chief priest recites a prayer
Offering of sacred branches
Offering of sacred branches
Visitors
lion dance
After the worship, a brave lion dance was performed.
Blue Lion Dance
Red Lion Dance
Expels evil spirits, protects from misfortune, improves academic performance, and keeps you healthy.
It is said that if a lion dancer bites a child's head, it will bring good fortune, such as "driving away evil spirits, warding off misfortune, improving academic performance, and bringing good health and safety."
The children were bitten hard...
Sweets given as presents to the children!!!
After this, the portable shrine will head back to the shrine and be returned.
The golden phoenixes on the portable shrines shine brightly, soaring into the autumn sky, bringing great fortune and blessings to the autumn festival, with boundless love, gratitude and prayers.
YouTube videos
Other photos
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◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)
