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2007/7/27

大崎八幡宮例大祭 Oosaki-hachiman-guu-reitaisai The Annual Grand Festival at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine

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The annual grand festival is held at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, in September every year. Osaki Hachimangu is a historic shrine founded in 1607 by Date Masamune as the highest guardian god of the Sendai domain, which boasted the revenue of 620,000 koku of rice.

The gorgeous Shaden (shrine building) architecture represents the reins of power held by the clan. As the oldest structure ever built in the Toshogu style known as Gongen-zukuri, which brings the culture of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1598) to the present day, the shrine pavilion was designated as a National Treasure in 1952.

At the annual festival, the valiant Yabusame (horseback archery) ritual, which has been handed down since the Edo period (1603-1868), and the Noh Kagura, a designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, are dedicated to the deities.

The Shinko (God’s Travel) Festival held during the grand festival period was revived in 1984. The magnificent procession of the black lacquered large mikoshi (portable shrine), which is said to have been dedicated by Date Masamune, goes through the city, attended by about 500 worshippers in white costumes. The procession route is crowded with spectators who want to see this grand parade.

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4-6-1 Hachiman, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture 980-0871
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Osaki Hachimangu Shrine




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