Hashidate Festival

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Hashidate Festival (Hashidate matsuri)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Mid-Summer
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

July 24

Ama no Hashidate Festival, Ama no Hashidate Matsuri
天の橋立祭
Monju Bosatsu Ceremony, Monju-E 文殊会

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Ama no Hashidate

Located in Wakasa National Park
This area features one of Japan's three most scenic places.

This park spreads across Wakasa Bay and includes Ama-no-hashidate, traditionally regarded as one of the three most famous views in Japan. Its appeal lies in the ever-changing beauty of the seashore and the abundant riches of the sea itself.

Located in Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture, Ama-no-hashidate is a sandbar that protrudes out into Miyazu Bay from Fuchu-Ichi-no-Miya, separating the bay and the Aso Sea. It is an exceptionally scenic location that links Monju with Fuchu across the bay. Some 8,000 specimens of Japanese black pine grow on this 3.6km stretch of sand, and in the summer it becomes a popular swimming area. In the pine forest one can find Iso spring water, designated one of Japan's 100 best spring waters, Hashidate Myojin shrine, and stone tablets inscribed with haiku by MATSUO Basho and YOSA-no-Buson. Also of sightseeing interest are the man-powered wheeled taxis.


Ama-no-hashidate, seen from Monjuyama Park.
This view is called the flying dragon view because the row of pine trees looks like a dragon flying into the sky.
All images Copyright. 1997 Kansai International Public Relations Promotion Office.

Kehi-no-Matsubara (Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture) is regarded as one of Japan's three great pine forests, along with Miho-no-Matsubara (Shizuoka Prefecture) and Niji-no-Matsubara (Saga Prefecture). Around 17,000 specimens of 200-year-old red and black pine stand in this broad forest park that runs for 1.5km along a seaside beach of white sand. It offers a splendid stroll along a specially constructed footpath. The five lakes of Mikata that run from the town of Mihama to Mikata include Hiruga and Kugushi, saltwater lakes connected to the sea, and Mikata, Suigetsu, and Suga, steaming lakes where salt water and fresh water mix.

Each lake offers scenery that differs delicately from the others'. Approximately 60 species of fish are said to live in the five lakes, and such unique and simple fishing methods as tataki-ami ("beating net") and mondori ("somersault") fishing are practiced. Takahama Town is noted for Shiroyama Park, which protrudes into the bay. Because Wakasa Bay looks like a mirror when seen from the caves there, the so-called Myokyodo, or clear mirror cave, is regarded as a place of scenic beauty along Wakasa Bay.
http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_e/nature/park/wakasa.htm

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The Festival is held on July 24 at the temple Chion-Ji in Kyoto, to celebrate the statue of Monju Bosatsu.
The temple is at the entrance road toward Ama no Hashidate, and the shrine in honor of the Hashidate Deity (橋立明神) can be seen from there too.
はしだてまつり: 智恩寺


Monju Bosatsu
Wisest of the Bodhisattva. In Japan, students pay homage to Monju in the hopes of passing school examinations and becoming gifted calligraphers.

Monju Bosatsu
by Mark Schumacher

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Things found on the way

More LINKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanohashidate
http://www.amanohashidate.jp/area_all.html

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HAIKU

Thousands times of autumn
Colored wind passes the temple
Enchantment of Wakasa Buddhas

http://www.wakasaji.org/tabikiko/index.html


Etsuko Yanagibori

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