Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine
Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine
Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine
Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine
Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine
Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine
Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine
Phone:+81 299-22-2233
Address:2-8-1 Sosha, Ishioka 315-0016, Ibaraki Prefecture
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石岡のおまつり Ishioka Omatsuri 2018 - Ibaraki, Japan
Ishioka Festival 石岡のおまつり is the grand festival of the Hitachi no Kuni Sosha Gu Shrine 常陸国総社宮. It’s also one of the three great festivals in the Kanto region. The festival is formally called Hitachinokuni Soshagu Reitaisai (Hitachinokuni Shrine’s Annual Grand Festival), and the most important event for the shrine.
The gorgeous mikoshi portable shrine with a prestigious chrysanthemum emblem, the same as the imperial family's, dashi floats and horo-shishi (lion head with a large cloth) parade through the city’s main streets. This three-day festival attracts more than 400,000 people every year.
Why does the shishi (lion) bite your head? The purpose of shishi-mai (lion dance) is to drive away bad luck, evil spirits, famines and plagues. So, the shishi bites your head for a good luck. To get a lucky bite, have the shishi bite your head. It will take your head in the mouth and bite you for a good luck!
Hitachi no Kuni Sosha Gu Shrine 常陸国総社宮 has a legendary connection to the Japanese mythology based on one of the old Japanese chronicles the Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki (常陸国風土記) (721). At the shrine there is a sacred stone which says that Yamato Takeru no Mikoto (日本武尊) sat on. Yamato Takeru is a legendary Japanese hero and appears in Kojiki (712), Nihon Shoki (720), Kogo Shūi (807) and also the Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki (常陸国風土記). According to the legend, he was one of the sons of Emperor Keiko, who was the 12th Emperor of Japan and reigned from 71 to 130 AD.
Interestingly, the godfather of manga Osamu Tezuka has an ancestral connection with Ishioka as well. Tezuka's life's work Phoenix (火の鳥 Hi no Tori) and Yamato Takeru one of the main characters in Phoenix are illustrated on the board beside the sacred stone at the shrine. Also, Leo the white lion in Tezuka's Jungle Emperor (ジャングル大帝 Janguru Taitei) is the shrine's iconic character because the shrine's guardian deity is a pair of white lions (白獅子 shiro shishi).
For info about Hitachi no Kuni Sosha Gu Shrine 常陸国総社宮:
石岡のお祭り2016_奉祝祭山車大行列_Ishioka Festival Dashi Float Parade
2016.09.18 茨城県石岡市で行われた「石岡のおまつり」(「常陸國總社宮例大祭」ひたちのくにそうしゃぐう れいたいさい)二日目夜、奉祝祭山車大行列の様子です。
Dashi Float Parade in the Ishioka Festival (Grand Festival of The Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine) 2016 at Ishioka City, Ibaraki Pref.
石岡のおまつり2016で他に次の通りアップしております。併せてご覧頂ければ幸いです。
☆ 初日神幸祭_供奉行列大神輿渡御
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☆ 初日神幸祭_山車幌獅子
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☆ 二日目奉祝祭_山車囃子
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石岡のおまつり2015_奉祝祭_山車大行列
2015.09.20 茨城県石岡市で「石岡のおまつり」(正式名称「常陸國總社宮例大祭」ひたちのくにそうしゃぐう れいたいさい、二日目)、奉祝祭がありました。
この動画は、夜に行われた山車大行列を御幸通り国府三丁目交差点で撮ったものです。
Dashi Float Parade in the Ishioka Festival (Grand Festival of The Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine) 2015 at Ishioka City, Ibaraki Pref.
『石岡のおまつり2015』で投稿したビデオのタイトルとアドレスです。ご覧頂ければ幸いです。
☆ 奉祝祭山車の競演
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☆ 神幸祭_供奉行列大神輿渡御
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☆ 山車石岡囃子
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☆ 奉祝祭_幌獅子大行列ダイジェスト
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☆ 幌獅子巡行・獅子舞
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☆ 最終日石岡駅前フィナーレ
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石岡のおまつり2015_山車石岡囃子
2015.09.19・20・21 茨城県石岡市で行われた「石岡のおまつり」(正式名称「常陸國總社宮例大祭」ひたちのくにそうしゃぐう れいたいさい)で撮った映像の中から、山車巡行・石岡囃子を中心にまとめたものです。
Festival Music, Dance and Dashi Floats in the Ishioka Festival (Grand Festival of The Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine) 2015 at Ishioka City, Ibaraki Pref.
『石岡のおまつり2015』で投稿したビデオのタイトルとアドレスです。ご覧頂ければ幸いです。
☆ 奉祝祭山車の競演
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☆ 神幸祭_供奉行列大神輿渡御
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☆ 奉祝祭_山車大行列
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☆ 奉祝祭_幌獅子大行列ダイジェスト
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☆ 幌獅子巡行・獅子舞
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☆ 最終日石岡駅前フィナーレ
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石岡のお祭り2016_神幸祭供奉行列大神輿渡御_Ishioka Festival Giant Mikoshi Parade
2016.09.17 茨城県石岡市で行われた「石岡のおまつり」(「常陸國總社宮例大祭」ひたちのくにそうしゃぐう れいたいさい)神幸祭(じんこうさい)で、大神輿が供奉行列(ぐぶぎょうれつ)を組んで總社宮から年番宮下町の御仮殿へ渡御する様子をまとめたものです。
Giant Mikoshi with Attendance Line Parade in the Ishioka Festival (Grand Festival of The Hitachinokuni Soshagu Shrine) 2016 at Ishioka City, Ibaraki Pref.
石岡のおまつり2016で他に次の通りアップしております。併せてご覧頂ければ幸いです。
☆ 初日神幸祭_山車幌獅子
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☆ 二日目奉祝祭_山車大行列
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☆ 二日目奉祝祭_山車囃子
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