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Toshogu Shrine Grand Festival, 

Nikko, Japan

Toshogu Shrine Grand Festival -
17 May 2009 - 18 May 2009 Date to be confirmed  

1,000 samurai warriors re-enact the funeral rites of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the great military leader and unifier of Japan who became the first shogun in 1603. Three portable shrines are carried from the ornate main shrine to the sacred place among the cedars called Otabisho. They are escorted by men in the armour of the period. In addition to the main event, women perform the Yaotome maiden dance and the dance of Azumaasobi and there is a demonstration of archery on horseback (yabusame). This is the full-blooded version of the Autumn Festival, and it is attended by descendants of the shogun.

Times
Parades start at 1000.


History  Dance  Culture  Religion  Spectacle  Music 


Where?

Toshogu Shrine

Close to the main railway station in Nikko

How Much?

TBC.

For More Information

Nikko Tourist Association

591 Gokomachi
Nikko
Tochigi
321 1404
Japan

Tel +8 (0)288 542 496.

Website  www.nikko-jp.org/english/futarasan/yayoisai.html

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