Everything about the Yamakasa and their districts
Kamikawabata-tooris Kazariyama is special, in that it is actually carried during certain events of the festival. While other Kazariyama are build purely to be looked at, The inhabitants of Kamikawabata-toori in the district Doi-nagare build their own carriable Kazariyama, that is carried after the Kakiyama during Larger events like the Shudanyamamise and the presentation ceremony before the Kushida-shrine during the Oiyama.
The 10 metre high Kazariyama is reminiscent of the old Yamakasa before the Kakiyama and Kazariyama were separate things.
It us usually on display in the arcade of Kamikawabata-toori where it looks like some kind of grandious crasy gambling machine.
Please check the Japanese website for information on this year's event.
Date | Event | Time |
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7/1 (Mon.) | hosting district Oshioitori |
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7/9 (Tue.) | general Oshioitori | - |
7/10 (Wed.) | Nagaregaki | - |
7/11 (Thu.) | Asayama | - |
Tanagaregaki | - | |
7/12 (Fri.) | Oiyamanarashi | Departure 14:00 Queue up 14:35 Start 16:35 |
7/13 (Sat.) | Shudanyamamise | - |
7/14 (Sun.) | Nagaregaki | - |
7/15 (Mon.) | Oiyama | Departure 3:00 Queue up 3:35 Start 5:35 |