Shinagawa Festival

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Shinagawa festival (Shinagawa matsuri)

***** Location: Shinagawa, Tokyo
***** Season: Mid-Summer
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation



Shinagawa matsuri 品川祭 (しながわまつり)
Shinagawa festival
Shinagawa Ten-Oo matsuri
品川天王祭（しながわてんのうまつり）
Shinagawa Ten-O festival

Shinagawa kappa matsuri
品川河童祭（しながわかっぱまつり）
Shinagawa kappa festival

Weekend close to June 7
for three days

. Kappa, the Water Goblin .

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This is the main festival at the
shrine Shinagawa jinja 品川神社 and the
shrine Ebara jinja 荏原神社

They are both dedicated to the "Deity of the Sky", Ten-o 天王.
Shinagawa Jinja is also called the shrine of the Ten-o of the North　北の天王,
while Ebara Jinja is the one of the South　南の天王.





At this festival, the most spectacular event is mikoshi palanquins of the gods being carried around. It is carried down the very steep stairs and then back up in the evening after making its way through the town.


This parade is accompanied by the beat of the Shinagawa byoshi 品川拍子 rhythm.
Rhythmic music is played during the parade from Shinagawa shrine and Ebara jinja.
The instruments of this group include the snare drum (shime daiko 締太鼓), beaten with bamboo sticks, and the bamboo flute (shinobue 篠笛).

The festival at the shrine Ebara Jinja is often held before, on the last weekend in May. At the end, after a parade from the Susaki bridge to Odaiba, the large mikoshi is carried into the sea as an offering to the God of Water. This part is the "Kappa Matsuri", Festival of the Water Goblin.


Kappa Festival


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Things found on the way

. Shinagawa ward 品川区 "goods river" district .




. The 53 stations of the Tokaido .
東海道五十三次
1. Shinagawa-juku 品川宿 (Shinagawa)


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HAIKU

海暮れて品川祭人出急
umi kurete Shinagawa matsuri hitode iso

getting darker at the sea -
more and more people hurry along
to the Shinagawa festival

Izawa Masae 井沢正江


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