Hachinohe Sansha Taisai (Japan)
Hachinohe Sansha Taisai
Gorgeous Pageantry - Japan's best float parade
The Hachinohe Sansha Taisai helps decorate Hachinohe's short summer season.
Accompanied by traditional shrine processions and lively Japanese folk music,the gorgeous floats evoke images of Japan's feudal era.
Boasting a history of over 300 years, the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai has been designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
The Hachinohe Sansha Taisai has been registered on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list under the section of “Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan.”
The most notable highlight is the procession of mikoshi (portable shrines) from Ogami Shrine, Chojasan Shinra Shrine and Shinmei-gu Shrine,as well as the parade of floats (sansha) featuring subjects such as mythological
figures and kabuki characters.
As the floats which can reach heights of 10m and widths of 8m pass by, spectators often shout with joy.
The night time parade of illuminated floats seems to hover in the night air and creates a fantastical atmosphere that provides a completely different way to enjoy the festivities.
Every year for the 5 days from July 31 to August 5, Hachinohe is enveloped in a unique excitement.
The Making of the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Dashi (Parade Floats)
The construction of the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai festival floats, called dashi,begins around the Japanese holiday period commonly known as Golden Week,which usually takes place during the beginning of May.
A month before the actual festival begin, lights peeping out from the sheds,storerooms, and garages that store the dashi can be seen in every neighborhood as the dashi making work continues deep into the night.
No one is usually referred to as a professional dashi maker in the strictest sense amongst those who help construct the floats for the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai,because almost all the people helping with the construction of their neighborhood float usually have full time jobs and careers.
Thus it is after the people of the neighborhood have returned from a full day’s work and it is already late at night that the construction starts. But it is this effort and dedication of the people who work together to build the
floats that help to support the entire festival.
After the festival is over, the dashi that were so painstakingly and intricately made are sometimes used in different neighborhood festivals or other celebrations,but in the end all of them are eventually disassembled.
When May of the next year comes round again, it will be time to find new materials to build a whole different dashi. With no two dashi ever being exactly alike,the 27 floats of the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai add a particular extravagance and impressive beauty to the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai festival.
【Short ver.】The Japanese Traditional Arts Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival （english）
The Hachinohe Sansha Taisai helps decorate Hachinohe's short summer season.
Accompanied by traditional shrine processions and lively Japanese folk music, the gorgeous floats
evoke images of Japan's feudal era.
Boasting a history of over 290 years, the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai has been designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
The most notable highlight is the procession of mikoshi (portable shrines) from Ogami Shrine, Chojasan Shinra Shrine and Shinmei-gu Shrine, as well as the parade of floats (sansha) featuring subjects such as mythological figures and kabuki characters. As the floats which can reach heights of 10m and widths of 8m pass by, spectators often shout with joy. The night time parade of illuminated floats seems to hover in the night air and creates a fantastical atmosphere that provides a completely different way to enjoy the festivities.
Every year for the 5 days from July 31 to August 4, Hachinohe is enveloped in a unique excitement.
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【Long ver.】The Japanese Traditional Arts Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival （english）
The Hachinohe Sansha Taisai helps decorate Hachinohe's short summer season.
Accompanied by traditional shrine processions and lively Japanese folk music, the gorgeous floats
evoke images of Japan's feudal era.
Boasting a history of over 290 years, the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai has been designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
The most notable highlight is the procession of mikoshi (portable shrines) from Ogami Shrine, Chojasan Shinra Shrine and Shinmei-gu Shrine, as well as the parade of floats (sansha) featuring subjects such as mythological figures and kabuki characters. As the floats which can reach heights of 10m and widths of 8m pass by, spectators often shout with joy. The night time parade of illuminated floats seems to hover in the night air and creates a fantastical atmosphere that provides a completely different way to enjoy the festivities.
Every year for the 5 days from July 31 to August 4, Hachinohe is enveloped in a unique excitement.
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The Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Matsuri 2016
Hachinohe Sansha Taisai is a Japanese festival celebrated from July 31 to August 4 in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Its rites center on three Shinto shrines: Ogami , Shinra , and Shinmei shrines, hence the name Three Shrines Festival. There is a procession of twenty-seven floats and three mikoshi are also borne through the streets. This festival has been in existence since 1721.
The floats were brilliant in color, creative in design and magnificent in size.
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Kasagi: Gates of Hope (NHK Coverage Sacred Homecoming)
NHK World covers the heartwarming return of two kasagi washed away by the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
In 2013, two nearly identical pieces of torii gates - known as kasagi - landed on the Oregon shore. Researchers from the Portland Japanese Garden determined these had been washed away by the 2011 Great Northeastern Earthquake & Tsunami of Japan. and began a search for the origin of these sacred artifacts. In October 2015, the two kasagi were finally returned to their home in Hachinohe, Japan much to the joy of the town from where they came.
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豪华绚丽 日本首屈一指的花车画卷
藩政时期传承至今的八戸三社大祭。
伴随着优雅的神社行列和典雅的音乐演奏展现的华丽的花车，
为短暂的八户之夏进行热烈、美丽的梳妆打扮。
八戸三社大祭(HACHINOHE SANSHA TAISAI)是具有大约三百年值得骄傲的历史和传统的国家重要无形民俗文化遗产。预计2016年秋， “山、戟、摊贩活动”将被联合国教科文组织认可登记为无形文化遗产。
其中最精彩的部分，是Ogami（龗）神社、长者山新罗神社和神明宮三神社的神舆行列和以神话、歌舞伎等为题材、由各花车团体制作的二十七辆花车的大游行。每当高十米、宽八米的庞大花车通过，沿途便会发出巨大的欢呼声。而晚间当灯火辉煌的花车出行时，夜空中会浮现出幻想般的氛围，呈现出与白昼不同的另一番美景。
每年从7月31日到8月4日的五天期间，八户市会被一股独特的热烈气氛所笼罩，期间出游的民众达一百万人之多。
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Sweet Life: Rose Parade Floats with Tim Estes
Who doesn't love the world-famous Rose Parade? Every New Year's day 500,000 people line the streets of Pasadena, CA to watch the flower-covered floats drive by.
Tim Estes is the president and owner of Fiesta Parade Floats, one of the stars of the Rose Parade (whether you know it or not). Tim opened this one-stop-shop in 1988. In the years since, Fiesta has designed and built 235 floats, won 150 awards, and taken home 20 consecutive Sweepstakes trophies. That is the highest Rose Parade honor, by the way.
Go to fiestaparadefloats.com to see his award-winning floats of the past as well as those, undoubtedly, in the near future.