December
Festival Chinka-sai
Place: Plage de Mikasahama
From 2018-12-31 to 2018-12-31
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The Chinka-sai, Fire Prevention Festival, takes place on the last day of the year in front of Itsukushima Shrine.
Local people make both large and small pine torches throughout the month of December. On the evening of the 31st, as twilight falls, families gather at the shore near the great Torii.
A fire torch is carried from the Shrine and all of the individual pine troches are lit. The larger pine troches are carried by 30-40 men on their shoulder's, while children carry smaller ones. As the troches intensely burn the coastline become a combination of fire and water as the people run about chanting "Yoi, Yoi." After the festival, the embers from the troches are offers to family alters as a good luck charm to prevent fire and to welcom the New Year.
- Itsukushima Shrine (16)
- bugaku (11)
- Daisho-in Temple (11)
- Buddhism (11)
- sea (8)
- boat (6)
- sutra chanting (3)
- bow and arrow (3)
- walking over fire (3)
- Mikasa-no-hama beach (2)
- Daiganji Temple (2)
- Noh play (2)
- Kiyomori Shrine (2)
- tea (2)
- Gagaku music (1)
- fireworks (1)
- Shinomiya Shrine (1)
- dance (1)
- Tokujuji Temple (1)
- San-ō Shrine (1)
- fire (1)
- suiko (1)
- Tibet (1)
- Goma (1)
- Bouddhisme (1)
- art floral (1)
- Temple Daisho-in (1)
- flower arrangements (1)
- Hina Dolls (1)
- town of Miyajima (1)
- Omoto Shrine (1)
- Pier square (1)
- Kagura (1)
- japanese drum (1)
- kitchen knives (1)
- historical costumes (1)
- biwa (1)
- Kiyomori (1)
- oysters (1)
- calligraphy (1)
- Awashima Shrine (1)
- Batō dance (1)
- Benzaiten (1)
Events
- 2018-07-07 : Seven Gods of Fortune Festival
- 2018-07-17 : Ichitate Festival (Ichitate-sai)
- 2018-07-29 : Kangen-sai Festival
- 2018-08-10 : 48,000-day Kannon Festival