21&22OCT, Usuki Lantern festival at Himeji
2018/10/17
Diary of 588 What to do in Himeji Autumn(9-11) Autumn festival(10)
Are you planning to visit Himeji this weekend???
You are lucky! After you visited Himeji castle or Shoshi engyoji
temple, Please visit this gorgeous and beautiful festival!
This festival takes place from October 21-22 each year in Usuki Hachiman Shrine in Himeji City in Hyogo Prefecture.
On the night before the festival (10/21), at the Usuki Hachiman Shrine’s gate,They have the paper lantern display and on 10/22, 18 yatai are carried into the shrine.
Carried by the most shrine parishioners in the Banshū region, 18 yatai make their entrance. You have to see these one-ton yatai raised above the men’s heads to the shouts of “Cho-sa!”!
Usuki Hachiman Shrine located 15 minutes walk from
aboshi station (Himeji-aboshi 27minuets by Sanyo railway)
Please check out this website in english
https://himejifestival.wixsite.com/english/usuki
also here is Shrine’s official page
https://usukihachiman.or.jp
Please experience the autumn festival in Himeji!
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