Nada Kenka Matsuri - Himeji: Mikoshi Fight
This was the second day of the festival.
The mikoshi were fighting with each other. It is actually a bit dangerous there.
Sometimes people die. It's very crowded. Soooo many people came to observe although it was a Monday!
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Nada Kenka Matsuri - Himeji: Great Mikoshi Fight
The Nada Kenka Matsuri in Himeji takes place every year in October. It is quite famous, but also a little dangerous. Every year some of the contestants get injured, some even die.
Thousands of people watch the Mikoshi Fights. Mikoshi are portable shrines.
The winners are allowed to walk up to the top of the hill. The mikoshi are really heavy and it's difficult to keep balance.
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Nada Kenka Matsuri - Himeji: Getting fired up
The Nada Kenka Matsuri is a yearly festival that takes place in Himeji (Hyogo Prefecture) in Japan. The festival lasts 2 days. On the first day the mikoshi (portable) shrines get their blessings from a priest and the fighter get all fired up for the mikoshi fights that take place on the next day.
As a spectator it can be very dangerous. It's extremely crowded and the mikoshi move fast, changing directions. You have to be careful not to be squeezed to death.
This video is pretty chaotic, but I wanted to show you the atmosphere and how dangerous it could be.
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Nada Kenka Matsuri - Himeji: Mikoshi
This is not a very good video.
However, I wanted to show you why the Nada Kenka Matsuri can get dangerous.
The people carrying the mikoshi start moving quickly, changing direction and the masses of spectators also have to move. If you're not fast enough it can be quite dangerous. Of course there's police around to make sure, but at some point there are just too many people.
You might see the people in the background sitting above the whole thing, but those are not for free. You have to pay for those seats.
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Japan has some pretty cool festivals and this is one of the coolest. It takes place in Nada which is located in Hyogo, Japan. NADA NO KENKA MATSURI, or the fighting shrine festival as it is known to us foreigners sees teams of people battling portable shrines with each other.
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Nada Kenka Matsuri (Festival), Himeji, 14th October 2013
Nada no Kenka Matsuri is a festival held at the Matsubara Hachiman Shrine in the town of Shirahama, Himeji City. It came to be called by this name, Kenka Matsuri or 'Fighting Festival' because the mikoshi (portable shrines) are jolted against one another when carried on the shoulders of the men in the parade.
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Nada no Kenka Matsuri (灘のけんか祭り)@Himeji 15th october 2012 - Japan
The Nada Fighting Festival also known as Nada no Kenka Matsuri (灘のけんか祭り) is held every year on October 14th and 15th. I visited on both days in 2012.
It takes place in Shirahama Town which is located in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture (map), the westernmost part of Kansai.
There are several similar fighting festivals in Japan, especially in autumn, but the Nada Kenka Matsuri is the biggest of its kind nationwide! So, it’s no wonder that it’s attracting over 100.000 visitors every year.
Nada Kenka Matsuri Himeji
“Kenka” means Fight
As the name suggests it’s a fighting festival.
The main event features portable shrines banging against each other. It is said that the harder the sacred palanquins crash, the more the kami (gods) are pleased. There are seven villages taking part in the festival and it is believed that the gods will bless the winner with a good harvest.
It’s a traditional Shinto Festival and thus only men are allowed to participate. Considering how brutal it can become, I think that’s a good thing.
Nada Kenka Matsuri Himeji
Traditional Nada Kenka Matsuri Clothes
The men who participate as carriers of the floats all put on headbands (hachimaki、鉢巻). The color of the headband depends on either their age or the village they belong to. I’ll explain that later.
Furthermore they are wrapped in fundoshi (褌) which is similar to mawashi (廻し), a loincloth that sumo wrestlers usually wear.
The contestants wear Jika-tabi (地下足袋), a type of traditional Japanese boots.
Last but not least, they have a udemamori (腕守り), an arm protector, on their upper left arm.
The Seven Villages
The Nada Kenka Matsuri is a very colorful festival. That’s because there are seven villages of Himeji fighting each other. Each of them has their own yatai (float) and is associated with a color:
Higashiyama (東山) pink
(the color of peach that gets rid of evil spirits)
Kiba (木場) green
(the color of the young bamboo that is full of power)
Matsubara (松原) red
(the color of the fire that melts metal)
Yaka (八家) yellow and red / orange
(the color of sweat and passion)
Mega (妻鹿) vermilion
(the color of passion)
Usazaki (宇佐崎) yellow
(the color of noblemen)
Nakamura (中村) blue
(the color of the ocean)
In the main event, the crashing of the portable shrines, only high school boys up to men of 45 years can take part. Junior high school kids can not.
Only the village of Kiba allows junior high boys to participate as holders of lanterns (see photo on the right).
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04 Nada Fight Festival in Himeji, Japan
Nada Kenka Matsuri - Himeji 2012: Yatai falling over
A lot of people kept asking me why I said that the Nada Fighting Festival in Himeji is dangerous.
Apart from being super crowded, the portable shrines tend to fall over. They are heavy and it takes a bunch of men to carry them. If they lose balance, they can fall over and hurt or even kill people. :(
JAPON 2015 - 14/15.10 - HIMEJI : FESTIVAL Nada no Kenka Matsuri
Des chars décorés soutenues à bout de bras par plusieurs hommes se livrent des combats dans une
sorte d'arène, le tout dans une ambiance traditionnelle, festive et colorée.
Ce festival a beau se dérouler en semaine sur 2 journées, et dans une petite ville de province, la foule est considérable...
Nada Fighting Festival (Nada No Kenka Matsuri), Hyogo
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There are so many festivals called “festival month” in Banshu in October. Especially Himeji’s “Nada Fighting Festival” is widely known as one of the three major festivals in the Kansai region.
This “Nada Fighting Festival” is an autumn festival held at Matsubara Hachiman Shrine in Shirahama-cho, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture. This name comes from the fierce clash of “Mikoshi” (portable shrines).
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Nada no Kenka Matsuri 2014 - Japan's Fighting Festival (灘のけんか祭り）
Watch portable shrines crashing into each other at the Nada Fighting Festival 2014 (灘のけんか祭り - Nada no Kenka Matsuri) held in Himeji, Japan.
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Hemeji Nada Kenka Matsuri Festival 2017
A highlight of our month in Japan. It was a very wet day on October 15th 2017 at the Nada no Kenka Matsuri (Fighting Festival).
Nada Kenka Matsuri - Himeji: Dragon Dance
The Nada Kenka Matsuri (灘のけんか祭り) in Himeji is very famous!
Mikoshi are bumping into each other, fighting. It's a huge event.
A lot of people attend and the locals all are part of the festival.
Here's a dragon dance that was performed during the warm-up phase.
[4K] Nada no Kenka Matsuri 2015 灘のけんか祭り
The city of Himeji recalls the famous festival,Nada no kenka Matsuri,or fighting festival in the Nada area where portable shrines dash against each other and beautifully-decorated floats parade.
灘之吵鬧節是姫路市白濱町松原八幡神社舉辦的節慶活動的通俗叫法。因肩托神輿行進時神輿間激烈碰撞，因而被人們暱稱為“吵鬧節”
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HIMEJI YUKATA FESTIVAL (MATSURI)
This week I'm at the Himeji Yukata Matsuri (Festival). It's Himeji's oldest festival going back more than 260 years. There's not much to this festival except for yatai (festival stalls). But the festival food made the trip worth it.
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Visiting Japan: Iizaka Hot Springs and Kenka Festival
Iizaka is a nice hot springs town. Every year, it holds a festival during which 1-ton floats crash into each other!
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●Iizaka Kenka Matsuri is held every year across three days centered around the first Saturday of October.
It is the number one event worth seeing during Fukushima's autumn schedule of festivals
●Floats from six towns violently crash into each other to stop the portable shrines from entering the shrine.
●Iizaka Hot Springs is one of the top three hot springs in northern Japan, attracting a great number of visitors for many, many years