Kanagawa NOW!: Events in Kanagawa Prefecture

[GuyJean]

[Greji]

[I]I get this email now and then]

GJ

Ahh, are you saying a Plum Festival is supposed to get me and my YBF out of Roppongi?

[GuyJean]

Ahh, are you saying a Plum Festival is supposed to get me and my YBF out of Roppongi?

No, but maybe the 'Memorial for Old Needles' will.. Sounds like a hoot!

Broken and bent needles are stuck into tofu, and a service is held to pray for peace and improvement of dressmaking skill.

The real fun begins when they offer the tofu to local priests.

GJ

[Greji]

[quote="GuyJean"]No, but maybe the 'Memorial for Old Needles' will.. Sounds like a hoot!
The real fun begins when they offer the tofu to local priests. ]

That might be some winning tickets, but it sounds like you gotta wear a dress you made yourself!

[gomichild]

Gosh what a vibrant, exciting prefecture I live in.....

[GuyJean]

[GuyJean]

[Captain Japan]

[Captain Japan]

[GuyJean]

[Charles]

[GuyJean]

[GuyJean]

Your new year's resolution is Mikoshi training?.. Well, you're in luck!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 1st 2008 send Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~　
＊Fuku-mukae Festival
＊Chakkirako
＊Midwinter Mikoshi Training
＊Yugawara Plum Orchard “Ume no Utage”
＊Manpuku-ji Temple “Hibuse” Fire Festival
＊Setsubun Festival
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Fuku-mukae Festival
Date: January 3 (Thurs)
Location: Izumo-taisha Sagami-bunshi Shrine, Hirasawa, Hadano-City
Access: Free buses run from the North Exit of Hadano Station on the Odakyu Line to the shrine from January 1 (Holiday) to January 3 (Thurs)

A ceremony will be held from 13:30. From 14:00, mikoshi (portable shrines) will be paraded throughout the shrine area. People costumed as the gods Daikoku and Ebisu will wave lucky mallets in front of the mikoshi to grant spectators good luck, and “mochi-tsuki” (rice cake pounding) will take place from 12:30. From 15:00, young sumo wrestlers including Ajigawa-oyakata (ex-yokozuna Asahifuji), Aminishiki, Ama, and Asofuji will take part in “fuku-mochi maki” (lucky rice cake tossing). *Participating sumo wrestlers are subject to change.

For details, contact Izumo-taisha Sagami-bunshi Shrine (Tel: 0463-81-1122)
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Chakkirako
Date: January 15 (Wed)
Location: Kainan-jinja Shrine precincts and other locations, Misaki, Miura-City
Access: Take the bus from Misakiguchi Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line and get off at Misakiko (approximately 20 minutes)

Dozens of young girls wearing kimonos and holding “chakkirako” (weaving implements decorated with colorful paper strips and bells) and fans will perform a dance along to songs. This performance, a traditional event in Miura to pray for successful fishing catches, marine safety, and household prosperity, starts at 10:00 in the Kainan-jinja Shrine precincts. In the afternoon, they will change into “suikan” tops, “eboshi” hats, and “hi no hakama” trousers and perform a dance dedicated to the Dragon God at Nakazaki, Hanagure, and near the shops.

For details, contact the Miura-City Tourism Association (Tel: 046-888-0588)
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Midwinter Mikoshi Training
Date: January 20 (Sun)
Location: Katase Coast Eastern shore, Fujisawa-City
Access: 5-minute walk from Katase-Enoshima Station on the Odakyu Line or 10-minute walk from Enoshima Station on the Enoden Line or Shonan-Enoshima Station on the Shonan Monorail

Four mikoshi will be carried into the ocean at Shonan to celebrate those who have just come of age and to pray for safety during the year. The ceremony begins at 11:00, and the mikoshi will be brought into the water at 11:40. The event ends at 12:30.

For details, contact the Fujisawa-City Katase-Enoshima Tourism Center (Tel: 0466-24-4141)
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Yugawara Plum Orchard “Ume no Utage”
Date: January 26 (Sat) to March 16 (Sun)
Location: Makuyama Park, Yoshihama, Yugawara-Town
Access: From Yugawara Station on the JR Tokaido Line, take the temporary Makuyama Park-bound bus and get off at the last stop (15 minutes)

Approximately 4,000 red and white plum trees grow in the plum orchard at the foot and adorn the side of beautiful Makuyama Mountain. An opening ceremony will take place on Saturday the 26th, followed by Yugawara Onsen geisha dance, modern taiko drumming, and other events. The plum orchard will be lit up from Saturday, February 23 to Sunday, March 9 (18:00 – 21:00).

For details, contact the Yugawara Tourism Department (Tel: 0465-63-2111)
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Manpuku-ji Temple “Hibuse” Fire Festival
Date: January 28 (Mon)
Location: Manpuku-ji Temple, Nakazato, Odawara-City
Access: 15-minute walk from Kamo no Miya Station on the JR Tokaido Line or get off at Nakazato on the Kouzu Station-bound bus (7 minutes)

A “goma-taki” burning ritual will take place in the main hall from 12:00, and after a Buddhist monk question and answer session and “yudate” purification ritual, “ofude” and “shimekazari” decorations gathered in the precincts will be set aflame while sutras are chanted. When the fire burns down, priests and visitors will walk across it barefoot. The event lasts until 15:00.

For details, contact Manpuku-ji Temple (Tel: 0465-42-1235)
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Setsubun Festival
Date: February 3 (Sun)
At various shrines, temples, and other locations, “mame-maki” (bean tossing) will be held to celebrate the coming of Spring. Those who catch the specially marked lucky beans will receive fabulous prizes.

Kawasaki-Daishi Temple
Location: Daishi-Town, Kawasaki-ward, Kawasaki-City
Access: 5-minute walk from Kawasaki-Daishi Station on the Keikyu Daishi Line
Mame-maki will be held at 11:30, 14:00, and 16:30.
For details, contact Kawasaki-Daishi Temple (Tel: 044-266-3420)

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
Location: Yukinoshita, Kamakura-City
Access: 10-minute walk from the East Exit of Kamakura Station on the JR Yokosuka Line
A ceremony will be held from 13:00 and mame-maki from 14:00.
For details, contact Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine (Tel: 0467-22-0315)

Afuri-jinja Shrine Shimo-yashiro
Location: Oyama, Isehara-City
Access: Take the Oyama Cable Station-bound bus from the North Exit of Isehara Station on the Odakyu Line and get off at the last stop (25 minutes), then transfer to the cable car and get off at Shimo-yashiro
Mame-maki will be held at 11:00 and 13:30.
For details, contact Afuri-jinja Shrine (Tel: 0463-95-2006)

Hakone-jinja Shrine
Location: Moto-Hakone, Hakone-Town
Access: Take the bus from the East Exit of Odawara Station and get off at Moto-Hakone (60 minutes)
Mame-maki will be held at 12:00 within the shrine and at 13:00 at Lake Ashi.
For details, contact Hakone-jinja Shrine (Tel: 0460-83-7123)

GJ

[GuyJean]

[Iraira]

[Greji]

Noriko whores got you down? Try an ascetigasm!
GJ

I do wish you would be careful about your references. You're speaking of my true love here...

The true reason for AO coming back to Japan this summer is just to try to convert her back to the black side of the Force!

[GuyJean]

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[halfnip]

I really, really, really, really, REALLY dig Oktoberfest at Aka Renga, but don't enjoy the drunken train ride home though..

[GuyJean]

I really, really, really, really, REALLY dig Oktoberfest at Aka Renga, but don't enjoy the drunken train ride home though..

Yeah, that's one of the best Oktoberfests..

Check out the Food Festival at Yamashita koen, then take the 'Sea Bus' across the bay to wash down that international food with multiple pints of Hefe.. Did that a couple years ago; good, honest fun.. But then I think I ended up in Roppongi..

GJ

[GuyJean]

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[Taro Toporific]

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