7/07/2011

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.

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Kappa Festival


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Things found on the way


. Shinagawa ward 品川区 "goods river" district .


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. 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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2 comments:

Gabi Greve said...

Ebara 荏原郡 district / 武州荏原 Bushu, Ebara / Tokyo
This was a farming region, mostly for egoma 荏胡麻 a kind of perilla.
Perilla frutescens Britton var. japonica Hara
It smells quite different from shiso 紫蘇 Perilla.
The seeds are often used to make egoma oil 荏胡麻油.
The leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Since it grows like a weed, it was very useful for farmers of old times to get over a period of famine.
egoma no hara . . . ehara . . . Ebara.
In 1927, the village 荏原町 Ebara Machi was founded.
Ebaramachi station is in 5-2-1 Nakanobu, Shinagawa, Tokyo.
The parts of Ebara now are located in Shinagawa, Ota, Meguro and Setagaya ward.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2017/11/himonya-district.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Samezu 鮫洲 "Shark sand bar"
品川区南品川 3-5、東大井
District in Shinagawa.
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Samezu Hachiman Jinja 鮫洲八幡神社 Samezu Hachiman Shrine
Kaianji 海晏寺 Temple Kaian-Ji
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/06/samezu-district-shinagawa.html
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