{"id":84,"date":"2008-07-24T18:07:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T09:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-07-24T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T09:07:36","slug":"tenjin-festival-july-24th-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/tenjin-festival-july-24th-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenjin Festival (July 24th &#8211; 25th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 24th and 25th<\/strong> are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukashi-tenjin.or.jp\/ceremony\/tenjin.html\">&#8220;Tenjin Matsuri(festival)&#8221; <\/a>in Matsumoto downtown area.<br \/>\nThe night of 24th, the local people visit Fukashi-Shirine to pray for Tenjin-God.<br \/>\nWithin the precinct of the shrine,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukashi-tenjin.or.jp\/stage\/stage.html\">18 floats <\/a>from every neighborhood around the shrine are displayed under the bright light. Food stalls with various Japanese fast food are everywhere in the shrine.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/thumb-Fukashi-Shrine-float-1_01.jpg\" alt=\"float\" \/><br \/>\nFrom 2:00 p.m. on the 25th, Mikoshi(a symbol of the shrine which people carry around the town to celebrate) and floats parade in down town area.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/thumb-Fukashi-Shrine-float-4_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.jp\/maps?hl=ja&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=%E6%B7%B1%E5%BF%97%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE&amp;near=%E9%95%B7%E9%87%8E%E7%9C%8C%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E5%B8%82&amp;fb=1&amp;cid=18077870226160261707&amp;li=lmd&amp;z=14&amp;t=m\">Way to find Matsuri <\/a>is to follow the sacred straw festoon with white paper. (or see the map!)<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/thumb-Fukashi-Shirine-sacred-stra_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/thumb-Fukashi-Shrine-Fest-Poster_01.jpg\" alt=\"Poster\" \/><a style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 0 0;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Fukashi-Shrine-Fest-Poster_01.jpg\"><\/a><a style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 0 0;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Fukashi-Shrine-float-1_01.jpg\"><\/a><a style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 0 0;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Fukashi-Shrine-float-4_01.jpg\"><\/a><a style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 0 0;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Fukashi-Shirine-sacred-stra_01.jpg\"><\/a><\/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=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/tenjin-festival-july-24th-25th\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/tenjin-festival-july-24th-25th\/\" data-text=\"Tenjin Festival (July 24th - 25th)\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 24th and 25th are &#8220;Tenjin Matsuri(festival)&#8221; in Matsumoto downtown area. The night of 24th, the local people visit Fukashi-Shirine to pray for Tenjin-God. Within the precinct of the shrine,18 floats from every neighborhood around the shrine are displayed under the bright light. Food stalls with various Japanese fast food are everywhere in the shrine. From 2:00 p.m. on the 25th, Mikoshi(a symbol of the shrine which people carry around the town to celebrate) and floats parade in down town area. Way to find Matsuri is to follow the sacred straw festoon with white paper. 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