Autumn Festival 2005

yamasato ni kodomo no egao aki matsuri in the mountain village all children laughing - autumn festival oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Autumn Festival in Sakai, Okayama Pref., Japan The local autumn festival at our shrine in Sakai. 境の秋祭り　2005 Dance of the Maidens Lion Dance in front of the shrine Stick Fighting in the Forest Clearance Lion Dance in the Forest Clearance The Little Fighers resting Final Performance at the Village Crossroads One last summersault 山郷に子供の笑顔秋祭り

Look at my photo album to see all the events.


Here is another page with nice photos of our
Autumn Festival and Sights of Ohaga


The Stick Fighting, miyaboo　宮棒, is an old tradition of our area, used by farmers to defend themselves with farmers tools. The children of our local primary school start learning it at age 6. The lion dance and stick fighting performance is a living treasure of Okayama prefecture.


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. Autumn Festival (aki matsuri, Japan) a kigo in the Database

Many rural festivals take place at the village crossroads,
read more in my article about
Doosojin, the Wayside Gods

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