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盛岡八幡宮例大祭
大償神楽奉納
Ōtsugunai Kagura in Hanamaki has been performed for 300+ years, rooted in mountain worship and Shugendō traditions. Recognized as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset, it honors the gods through dynamic dance, music, and sacred masks—a living heritage of Tōwa.
盛岡八幡宮例大祭
大償神楽奉納
Ōtsugunai Kagura in Hanamaki has been performed for 300+ years, rooted in mountain worship and Shugendō traditions. Recognized as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset, it honors the gods through dynamic dance, music, and sacred masks—a living heritage of Tōwa.
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平沢八幡神社宵宮祭
平沢鹿子踊り
Hirasawa Shishi-Odori traces back 240+ years to the Inagaki family, who gifted a scroll on the deer dance to settlers in Kemuyama as a symbol of spiritual dedication.
🔗 www.shiwa-kanko.jp/history/hist...
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平沢八幡神社宵宮祭
平沢鹿子踊り
Hirasawa Shishi-Odori traces back 240+ years to the Inagaki family, who gifted a scroll on the deer dance to settlers in Kemuyama as a symbol of spiritual dedication.
🔗 www.shiwa-kanko.jp/history/hist...
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平野神社秋季例大祭
三本柳さんさ踊り
Sambonyanagi Sansa Odori has been passed down for over 200 years.
Originating from Miishi Shrine (Nasukawa, Morioka), it began when Lord Nanbu entrusted locals with a scroll of 33 dance styles in 1804.
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平野神社秋季例大祭
三本柳さんさ踊り
Sambonyanagi Sansa Odori has been passed down for over 200 years.
Originating from Miishi Shrine (Nasukawa, Morioka), it began when Lord Nanbu entrusted locals with a scroll of 33 dance styles in 1804.
Kurosawa Kagura is a sacred ritual dance from Miyako, Iwate, with over 500 years of history.
Rooted in mountain faith, it’s performed to pray for peace and protection.
A powerful tradition still alive today.
🔗 www-city-miyako-iwate-jp.translate.goog/gyosei/soshi...
Kurosawa Kagura is a sacred ritual dance from Miyako, Iwate, with over 500 years of history.
Rooted in mountain faith, it’s performed to pray for peace and protection.
A powerful tradition still alive today.
🔗 www-city-miyako-iwate-jp.translate.goog/gyosei/soshi...
🔗 Learn more:
Shizukuishi Town Official Website
www.town.shizukuishi.iwate.jp/docs/2025011...
Iwate Travel Guide
iwatetabi.jp/events/7722/
🔗 Learn more:
Shizukuishi Town Official Website
www.town.shizukuishi.iwate.jp/docs/2025011...
Iwate Travel Guide
iwatetabi.jp/events/7722/
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum - Jomon World Exhibition
From the Takizawa City Buried Cultural Property Center:
Pottery with human body patterns
What was it modeled after, and what was it used for?
Are you a symbol of the living or the dead?
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum - Jomon World Exhibition
From the Takizawa City Buried Cultural Property Center:
Pottery with human body patterns
What was it modeled after, and what was it used for?
Are you a symbol of the living or the dead?
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum - Jomon World Exhibition
From the Karumai Town Board of Education:
Human-faced kiln-shaped pottery
Human-faced pottery
Who... or what are you supposed to be?
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum - Jomon World Exhibition
From the Karumai Town Board of Education:
Human-faced kiln-shaped pottery
Human-faced pottery
Who... or what are you supposed to be?
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum - Jomon World Exhibition
Such intricate detail in the shell carvings... yet, how charmingly relaxed the four-legged animal looks!
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum - Jomon World Exhibition
Such intricate detail in the shell carvings... yet, how charmingly relaxed the four-legged animal looks!
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum
Jomon World Exhibition
Featuring a large dogū head from the Iwate Prefectural Museum and a clay mask from the Ichinohe Town Board of Education.
What were they trying to express with this crooked-nose clay mask?
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
Hanamaki City Museum
Jomon World Exhibition
Featuring a large dogū head from the Iwate Prefectural Museum and a clay mask from the Ichinohe Town Board of Education.
What were they trying to express with this crooked-nose clay mask?
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
At Hanamaki City Museum, Jomon World exhibition.
A footprint of a child, estimated to be 10 to 12 months old, just before they started walking.
What thoughts were behind leaving this mark?
📍 Collection of Takizawa City Buried Cultural Property Center
🗓️ 2024.10.19 - 2025.01.13
At Hanamaki City Museum, Jomon World exhibition.
A footprint of a child, estimated to be 10 to 12 months old, just before they started walking.
What thoughts were behind leaving this mark?
📍 Collection of Takizawa City Buried Cultural Property Center
The contrast between festive tradition and the nightlife scene is surreal—yet somehow, it works.
#JapaneseTradition #OnlyInJapan #Morioka #Iwate #JapanPhotography #StreetPhotography
The contrast between festive tradition and the nightlife scene is surreal—yet somehow, it works.
#JapaneseTradition #OnlyInJapan #Morioka #Iwate #JapanPhotography #StreetPhotography
Let’s talk about the places that don’t make the postcards.
#StreetPhotography#Morioka #Iwate #JapanPhotography #ExploreJapan
#CityLifeUnfiltered #UrbanDecay #NoFilterCity
Let’s talk about the places that don’t make the postcards.
#StreetPhotography#Morioka #Iwate #JapanPhotography #ExploreJapan
#CityLifeUnfiltered #UrbanDecay #NoFilterCity
#ShiwaInari #Shrine #Shinto #JapanCulture
#JapaneseTradition #Shiwa #Iwate
#ShiwaInari #Shrine #Shinto #JapanCulture
#JapaneseTradition #Shiwa #Iwate
#ShiwaFuruInari #Shrine #Shinto #JapanCulture
#WinterInJapan #Morioka #Iwate #JapaneseTradition
#ShiwaFuruInari #Shrine #Shinto #JapanCulture
#WinterInJapan #Morioka #Iwate #JapaneseTradition
#Morioka #Iwate #Shrine #Shinto #JapanCulture
#JapaneseTradition
#Morioka #Iwate #Shrine #Shinto #JapanCulture
#JapaneseTradition
ホテルエースの向かいにあった
日本料理の名店 川柳
今年4月に閉店しました
その跡地
大通の某内科さん移転(らしい)⁉️
この付近は昔
街路樹が柳だったことから
#柳新道 と呼ばれてました
更に昔は
北上川はこの辺りを流れてました
川柳さんの店名
そこから来ているのかな🤔
『精霊迎参差』
10月4日(金)~7日(月)岩手県民会館展示室に展示されます。
『精霊迎参差』
10月4日(金)~7日(月)岩手県民会館展示室に展示されます。
場所: 盛岡市茶畑一丁目6番9号 カフェいっぽ
11:30 - 15:00(最終日14:00迄)
店休日: 日曜祝日のほか6/29(土), 7/6(土), 7/8(月)