{"id":227,"date":"2007-03-22T23:44:19","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T14:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2016-08-14T17:18:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T08:18:59","slug":"sagicho-matsuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/sagicho-matsuri\/","title":{"rendered":"Omi-Hachiman Sagicho Matsuri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Omi-Hachiman Sagicho Matsuri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last weekend during March 17-18, 2007 (Year of the Boar), I saw the Sagicho Festival in Omi-Hachiman, Shiga<\/a>. It was great! I was very impressed by the colorful Sagicho floats made of edible materials like soybeans, small fish, aoi-nori, and many other ingredients. They were all fantastic works of art.<\/p>\n

It was very windy and cold on both days, and Himure Hachimangu was very dusty. But it was also very sunny and a great weekend to take pictures. It seems to be a very local festival, which means there are not so many tourists. There were very few foreigners.<\/p>\n

On Sun. night, it was very cold waiting until 8 pm when they started to burn the floats. The whole area in front of the shrine (and Taneya), which is usually a parking lot, was the main festival site. If you have never seen this festival, I highly recommend it. There’s another fire festival in Hachiman next month as well.<\/p>\n

Pictures taken on Sat.:
\nhttps:\/\/photoguide.jp\/pix\/thumbnails.php?album=150<\/a><\/p>\n

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