In the Suwa big
shrine called “SUWA TAISHA” of Suwa-shi, Nagano, there is a very big festival
to be said to be Ombashira Festival.
Ombashira is a
pillar made from fir tree and Ombashira Festival comes to be held grandly from
804 years.
Only 16 chosen fir
trees are begun to pull in the village from the mountain and are built in the
four corners of the main shrine of the “Suwa Taisha” in the year of a tiger and
the monkey every seven years.
Ombashira itself is
a huge tree such as approximately 17m in length, more than 1m in diameter, and
approximately 10 tons in weight.
"Yamadashi”
that trees are pulled from the mountain to the village is held on April and “Satobiki”
that the trees are carried to the Shrine and built in four corners of main
shrine is held on May at both of Kamiyashiro and Shimoyashiro.
This year, “Yamadashi”
will be held on April 2nd to 10th and “Satobiki” will be
held on May 3rd to 16th.
It is a powerful
and magnificent festival to want you to come once.
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