{"id":82,"date":"2008-07-17T14:07:26","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T05:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=82"},"modified":"2008-07-17T14:07:26","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T05:07:26","slug":"yasaka-sama-%e5%85%ab%e5%9d%82%e6%a7%98-in-downtown-matsumoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/yasaka-sama-%e5%85%ab%e5%9d%82%e6%a7%98-in-downtown-matsumoto\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201dYasaka-sama \u516b\u5742\u69d8\u201d in downtown Matsumoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 14th and 15th is a day to celebrate <strong>&#8220;<em>Yasaka-sama<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong>(\u516b\u5742\u69d8)<br \/>\nat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukashi-tenjin.or.jp\/access\/access.html\">Fukashi-Shrine<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/youkoso.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/special1+index.id+114.htm\">Okanomiya-Shrine <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/map.yahoo.co.jp\/print?lat=36.14.25.144&amp;lon=137.58.02.650&amp;mode=map&amp;pointer=on&amp;memo=%B1%F6%B3%F8%BF%C0%BC%D2%BC%D2%CC%B3%BD%EA%01%A1%A1%BD%BB%BD%EA%A1%A7%C4%B9%CC%EE%B8%A9%BE%BE%CB%DC%BB%D4%B5%C2%A5%B1%BA%EA1%C3%FA%CC%DC4-34%A1%A1%C5%C5%CF%C3%C8%D6%B9%E6%A1%A70263-33-2946&amp;prop=red_pin&amp;proplat=36.14.25.144&amp;proplon=137.58.02.650&amp;sc=3\">Shiogama-Shrine <\/a>.<\/p>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Okanomiya-at-night-.jpg\" alt=\"Okanomiya Yasakasama\" \/>\n<p>A god named Yasaka originated from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/web.kyoto-inet.or.jp\/org\/yasaka\/english\/index.html\">Yasaka Shrine <\/a><\/em>in Gion, Kyoto<br \/>\nwhich has over 1350 years of history.<br \/>\nYasaka-Shrine has more than 3000 satellite shrines all over Japan.<br \/>\n<strong>Fukashi<\/strong>, <strong>Okanomiya<\/strong> and <strong>Shiogama shrines<\/strong><br \/>\nare the three satellite shrines of Yasaka in Matsumoto city.<br \/>\nThe night of July 14th, local kids in downtown Matsumoto visit their neighborhood shrines to pray for their happiness by offering banners made of reed and paper.<br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yasakasama-kids-with-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Yasakasama\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yasakasama-july14.jpg\" alt=\"Okanomiya Yasakasama\" \/><br \/>\nOn the banner, each child writes with calligraphic brush strokes<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>To Mighty Yasaka God<\/strong>&#8221; along with name and age.<br \/>\nThe special banners and reeds for this event are sold at local super markets only for this day.<br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/reed-for-Yasaka-_01.jpg\" alt=\"Yasakasama Okanomiya\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yasaka-Banners-for-sale-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Yasakasama banners\" \/><br \/>\nThe pictures shown here are taken at Okanomiya-Shirine on July 14th, where bunch of neighbors were offering their banners.<br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yasakasama-Okanomiya-1.jpg\" alt=\"Yasakasama\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yasakasama-Okanokmiya-Mom-a.jpg\" alt=\"Okanomiya\" \/><br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Banners-for-God-.jpg\" alt=\"Okanomiya\" \/><br \/>\nYasaka-sama festival is a sign for the beginning of Matsumoto&#8217;s short hot summer.<br \/>\n:shock:!!!:shock:!!!:shock:!!!:shock:!!!:shock:!!!:shock:!!!<br \/>\n<strong>Next week &#8211; July 24th and 25th,<\/strong> another popular summer festival &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukashi-tenjin.or.jp\/stage\/stage.html\">Fukashi Shirine&#8217;s festival <\/a>will be held in downtown area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/yasaka-sama-%e5%85%ab%e5%9d%82%e6%a7%98-in-downtown-matsumoto\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/yasaka-sama-%e5%85%ab%e5%9d%82%e6%a7%98-in-downtown-matsumoto\/\" data-text=\"\u201dYasaka-sama \u516b\u5742\u69d8\u201d in downtown Matsumoto\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 14th and 15th is a day to celebrate &#8220;Yasaka-sama&#8220;(\u516b\u5742\u69d8) at Fukashi-Shrine, Okanomiya-Shrine and Shiogama-Shrine . A god named Yasaka originated from Yasaka Shrine in Gion, Kyoto which has over 1350 years of history. Yasaka-Shrine has more than 3000 satellite shrines all over Japan. Fukashi, Okanomiya and Shiogama shrines are the three satellite shrines of Yasaka in Matsumoto city. The night of July 14th, local kids in downtown Matsumoto visit their neighborhood shrines to pray for their happiness by offering banners made of reed and paper. On the banner, each child writes with calligraphic brush strokes &#8220;To Mighty Yasaka God&#8221; along with name and age. The special banners and reeds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/yasaka-sama-%e5%85%ab%e5%9d%82%e6%a7%98-in-downtown-matsumoto\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/yasaka-sama-%e5%85%ab%e5%9d%82%e6%a7%98-in-downtown-matsumoto\/\" data-text=\"\u201dYasaka-sama \u516b\u5742\u69d8\u201d in downtown Matsumoto\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2364,2365,2357,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201dYasaka-sama \u516b\u5742\u69d8\u201d in downtown Matsumoto | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 14th and 15th is a day to celebrate &quot;Yasaka-sama&quot;(\u516b\u5742\u69d8) at Fukashi-Shrine, Okanomiya-Shrine and Shiogama-Shrine . 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