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Festivals In Tokyo
Tokyo holds many festivals (''matsuri'') throughout the year. Major Shinto shrine festivals include the Sanno Festival at Hie Shrine, and the Sanja Festival at Asakusa Shrine. The Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo is held every two years in May. The festival features a parade with elaborately decorated floats and thousands of people. More secular and seasonal festivals include cherry blossom, or ''sakura'', viewing parties in the spring where thousands gather in parks such as Ueno Park, Inokashira Park, and the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden for picnics under the cherry trees. In the summer annual firework and dance festivals such as the Sumida River fireworks festival on the last Saturday of July, and the Kōenji Awa Odori dance festival on the last weekend in August attract millions of viewers. See also * Festivals in Nagoya * Culture of Tokyo References {{DEFAULTSORT:Festivals In Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikoshi
A is a sacred religious palanquin (also translated as portable Shinto shrine). Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between main shrine and temporary shrine during a festival or when moving to a new shrine. Often, the ''mikoshi'' resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing. Often the Japanese honorific prefix is added, making . Traditional rituals of East Asia Shapes Typical shapes are rectangles, hexagons, and octagons. The body, which stands on two or four poles (for carrying), is usually lavishly decorated, and the roof might hold a carving of a phoenix. Festival and flow During a ''matsuri'' (Japanese festival) involving a ''mikoshi'', people bear the ''mikoshi'' on their shoulders by means of two, four (or sometimes, rarely, six) poles. They bring the ''mikoshi'' from the shrine, carry it around the neighborhoods that worship at the shrine, and in many cases l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kappa Matsuri
Kappa Matsuri (かっぱ祭り) is a Japanese festival in honor of the mythical Kappa. It is held during summer. Places where it is celebrated include Tokyo, Ushiku, Komaki is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 148,872 in 68,174 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city was . Komaki is commonly associated with the former Komaki Airport, whic ..., and Misawa. References Festivals in Japan {{fest-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinagawa
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total area is 22.84 km2. ''Shinagawa'' is also commonly used to refer to the business district around Shinagawa Station, which is not in Shinagawa Ward. This Shinagawa is in the Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato Ward, directly north of Kita-Shinagawa. Geography Shinagawa Ward includes natural uplands and lowlands, as well as reclaimed land. The uplands are the eastern end of the Musashino Terrace. They include Shiba-Shirokanedai north of the Meguro River, Megurodai between the Meguro and Tachiai Rivers, and Ebaradai south of the Tachiai River. The Ward lies on Tokyo Bay. Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo: Kōtō to the east, Minato to the north, Meguro to the west, and Ōta to the south. Districts and neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenno Matsuri
Tenno Matsuri (天王祭り) is a festival held annually, in July, in Tsushima, Aichi is a city located in Aichi Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,647 in 26,559 households, and a population density of 2,457 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Tsushima i .... The highlight of the two-day event is the evening festival in which a dozen boats, each decorated with nearly 400 paper lanterns, float down the Tenno River. The festival honors the deity Gozu Tenno. This festival also takes place in Tokyo. External links {{reflist[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile ." ''City of Chiyoda''. Retrieved on December 28, 2008. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of and wards following 's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Chiyoda ward exhibits contrasting |
Taira No Masakado
was a Heian period provincial magnate (''gōzoku'') and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto. Early life Masakado was one of the sons of Taira no Yoshimasa (平良将), also known as Taira no Yoshimochi (平良持), of the Kanmu Taira clan (''Kanmu Heishi''), descendants of Emperor Kanmu (reigned 781-806) who were demoted from princely to commoner status and granted the Taira surname. Yoshimochi was one of the sons of Prince Takamochi, a grandson or great-grandson of Kanmu who was appointed the vice-governor of Kazusa Province (modern central Chiba Prefecture) in 889 ( Kanpyō 1). Takamochi's sons who joined him there occupied a variety of provincial offices in the eastern part of the country such as that of '' chinjufu shōgun'', the commander-in-chief of the defense garrison (''chinjufu'') in Mutsu Province tasked with subjugating the Emishi peoples of the north. Not much is known of Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujiwara Hidesato
, was a ''kuge'' (court noble) of tenth century Heian period Japan. He is famous for his military exploits and courage and is regarded as the common ancestor of numerous clans, including the Ōshū branch of the Fujiwara clan. Hidesato served under Emperor Suzaku, and fought alongside Taira no Sadamori in 940 in suppressing the revolt of Taira no Masakado. His prayer for victory before this battle is commemorated in the Kachiya Festival. Hidesato was then appointed '' Chinjufu-shōgun'' (Defender of the North) and Governor of Shimotsuke Province. He was also nicknamed Tawara Tōda, and according to romance he destroyed a giant centipede in Ōmi Province that plagued the Dragon Palace. Family * Father: Fujiwara no Murao (藤原村雄) * Mother: daughter of Shimatsuke-no-jō no Kashima (下野掾鹿島女) ** Wife: daughter of Minamoto no Michi (源通) of the Board of Chamberlains (侍従). *** Son: Fujiwara no Chitsune (藤原千常) ** Children by unknown mother: *** Son: F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitake (Tokyo)
is a mountain in the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park near Tokyo, Japan. It stands tall. On the mountain is a Shinto shrine where practices such as Futomani divination take place. It is one of the many highlights of the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, which covers more than of forested mountains, hills, gorges and some rural towns in the prefectures of Yamanashi, Saitama, Nagano and Tokyo. The trip from Tokyo's Shinjuku Station to Mitake Station on the Ōme Line takes about 95 minutes. A shuttle bus, located 50 meters to the left of Mitake Station, travels to Takimoto village every half-hour between 07:30 to 18:00. From Takimoto village, the Mitake-Tozan Railway cable car operates every half-hour between 07:30 to 18:30 and leads to Mitakesan village at its top. Mitake summit and the () can then be reached by trail—approximately 1000 meters. Many hikers access the mountain via Kori Station is a passenger railway station in the town of Okutama, Tokyo, Japan, operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōme, Tokyo
is a Cities of Japan, city located in the western portion of Tokyo, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 131,895 in 63,917 households, and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Ōme is located in the Okutama Mountains of western Tokyo, bordered by Saitama Prefecture to the north. The Tama River runs from west to east almost in the center of the city area, and the Kasumi River and Naruki River, which are tributaries of the Iruma River (Arakawa River (Kantō), Arakawa River system), also flow from west to east in the north. The geography changes from the flat land in the east to the hills and mountains in the west. The highest point is 1,084 meters on Mount Nabewariyama on the right bank of the Tama River in the western end of the city. Surrounding municipalities Tokyo Metropolis * Hinode, Tokyo, Hinode to the south *Hamura, Tokyo, Hamura to the southeast *Okutama, Tokyo, Okutama to the west *Akiruno, Tokyo, Akiruno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisteria
''Wisteria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), that includes ten species of woody twining vines that are native to China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Southern Canada, the Eastern United States, and north of Iran. They were later introduced to France, Germany and various other countries in Europe. Some species are popular ornamental plants. The aquatic flowering plant commonly called wisteria or 'water wisteria' is in fact ''Hygrophila difformis'', in the family Acanthaceae. Etymology The botanist Thomas Nuttall said he named the genus ''Wisteria'' in memory of the American physician and anatomist Caspar Wistar (1761–1818). Both men were living in Philadelphia at the time, where Wistar was a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Questioned about the spelling later, Nuttall said it was for "euphony", but his biographer speculated that it may have something to do with Nuttall's friend Charles Jones Wister S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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