OMOTENASHI (Japanese Culture）: In Japan tomorrow is "HINAMATSURI"!

おもてなし（日本文化）：日本の明日は「ひなまつり」です！：「ひなまつり」は、日本の女の子の3月3日の健やかな成長を祈願するために行われるべき毎年恒例のイベントの一つであるというのが···

In Japan tomorrow is "HINAMATSURI"!

Saying "HINAMATSURI" is one of the annual event to be done in order to pray for the healthy growth of girls March 3 in Japan.

Of February "SETSUBUN" event is over, all families to have a girl decorate the dolls in the living room.

Called "HINA NINGYOU" in Japan that this doll is also home to the decoration of the three-stage and home to the decoration of just one stage, but the official is a thing of the decoration in seven stages.

Decorate the doll of man on the left side, doll of a woman. Decoration on the right.

Then you decorate the doll attendants and home furnishings to bring when you marry a peach blossom on the stage below.

The event is the annual event continues from ancient times, but it is decorated very elegant and beautiful you look today.

Drink (non-alcoholic) drink sweet party is made and March 3, from eating sushi and soup and clam containing sweets called "HINA ARARE".

It was called "JYOUSINOSEKKU" without calling the "HINAMATURI" in ancient times.

Is not only decorate the "HINANINGYOU" as modern, this determination was made for unclean exorcism by flowing into the river and humanoid doll which I made with paper.

Decoration in a location that is visible from the front door has been handed down at home until April 3 to "HINANINGYOU" in the Kyushu region in the west of Japan, some areas there is a lively "HINAMATSURI" whole town tourists to be able to watch there.


Song to celebrate the "HINAMATURI" has been handed down from ancient times to sing.

In the understanding of Japanese culture, you are one of the song that you want to remember.

Come and have a camera, please try to shoot transmitted to each home "HINANINNGYOU"!

♪URESII HINAMATSURI♪

１．AKARI　WO　TSUKEMASYO　BONBORINI
　　(Let's put a paper lantern to light)
　　
　　OHANA　WO　AGEMASYO　MOMONOHANA
　　(Let's decorate the flower of peach.)
　　
　　GONIN　BAYASINO　FUETAIKO
　　(Player of five people playing drums and flute.)

　　KYOU　WA　TANOSII　HINAMATSURI
    (It fun "HINAMATSURI" today)



２．ODAIRISAMA　TO　OHINASAMA
    (The lordPrincess and Princess side by side.)
                     
　　FUTARINARANDE　SUMASIGAO
    (I have a look cool in both two people.)

　　OYOMENI　IRASITA　NEESAMANI
    (To the young lady that was married)

　　YOKUNITA　KANJYONO　SIROIKAO
    (If you are very similar to her,
      squire have a white face.)



３．KIN　NO　BYOUBU　NI　UTURU　HI　WO
    (Light reflected in the folding screen of gold)

　　KASUKANI　YUSURU　HARU　NO　KAZE
    (Wind of spring makes shaking faintly the lights.)

　　SUKOSI　SIROZAKE　MESARETAKA
    (You will drank a little alcohol.)

    AKAI　OKAO　NO　UDAIJIN
    (Face of the servant became red when drink alcohol.)



４．KIMONO　WO　KIGAETE　OBI　SHIMETE
    (The girl tighten the OBI to change into KIMONO.)

　　KYOU　WA　WATASI　NO　HARESUGATA
    (Today is the anniversary of me.)

　　HARU　NO　YAYOI　NO　KONOYOKIHI
    (Good day for joy in the warm spring.)

　　NANIYORI　URESII　HINAMATSURI
    (Than anything, I'm glad the "HINAMATSURI".)

Japan nationwide event called "Setsubun"！

I will today report on ritual of demon exorcism to do
from ancient times in Japan.

Japanese you can make at home and shrines and
 temples of Japan nationwide event called
"Setsubun" on February 3 is the day
before the first day of spring.

I mean the start of spring is the time when
 "Setsubun" is performed
in the ancient Japanese calendar.

In order to wish good luck and my mind,
that you come into the house of their own
along with the spring, I scare away bad luck
and demons who live in the minds of their own.

If you do at home ritual of "Setsubun", and
put out the light of all of the room and open
the front door and windows of the room.

Then, I hit as hard soybeans to the person
who wearing a mask of a demon.


【　↓　a mask of a demon　】

【↑　a mask of God　】


Shout at that time

"demon Get out! 
　Then, please enter the house of God is happiness."

This word must be kept screaming demon
until going out of the house completely.

When the demon went out completely from the house,
close the windows and front door, put the lights of the room.

And, facing all the lucky direction of the year,
I eat a sushi roll and hoping luck quietly.

【　↑Sushi roll　】


Ritual does not end here.

People who ate the roll sushi, eat one more than their age
 the rest of soybeans hit the demon.

In this way, by performing the ritual every year of
"Setsubun", to welcome the spring,
Japanese I hope to make a new year.

Upon completion of the "Setsubun" is a spring
on the ancient Japanese calendar,
but February is very cold indeed, feel that spring is difficult.

 However, watching the moment when buds of cherry
and plum swells a little bit at a time is a great landscape
of Japan is very elegant.

Kashii shrin(Lucky Power Spot)～Fukuoka Japan～

Kashii shrin  Shunki Ujiko Taisai
(a spring parishioner big festival)


I report "Shunki Ujiko Taisai" (a spring parishioner big festival) carried out
 in "Kashii shrine" in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka on April 15, 2012.

Because a party of "the Emperor Chuai" gained control of the place called

"KUMASO" (south western of Kyushu), he visited this place. 
He selects this place as "KASHIHINOMIYA". 
And there, He demanded an oracle. It is written in the gathered document 
about "the Kashii shrine" 

However, the Emperor Chuai did not believe in the oracle of 

"the Jingu empress" who was a medium.

Therefore he died suddenly by anger of God.

"The Kashii shrine" was built to perform a requiem of the soul.

The big festival is held in spring in autumn,

The big festival was the year when the festival once in two years was carried out

 for a season in this spring.

There are abut 500 meters of avenues of Camphor tree from Hongu on 14th, 

and a miniature shrine goes to Tongu that is the place to put it away of there, 

and it comes back from Tongu to Hongu on 15th.

There was Tongu in the place where islands of Genkai could look

 around the sea right below in old days. Furthermore, 

there is "Mishima" (an island), and there is a torii on the sea 

when a bottom goes to the beach. 

Therefore when the Jingu empress goes to fight

※She cut hair, and refreshed determination at the place

 and prayed for the victory.

※ "The hair of the woman" did not easily cut hair with an important thing 

as life for an old Japanese. In other words, as for it, an outcome 

of serious determination means.

 It was full of the people concerned of the big festival in spring, 

the participants of the march in Tongu. Because there is a child line 

at the festival of 15th,

It was full of the parents of the children from the day before.

"Shishigaku" (A song and dance of the headdress of the lion) was played and, 

After Shinto ritual was over in Tongu, was given to God.

"Shishigaku" is an intangible cultural asset of Fukuoka.

People who covered red and green the headdress of a lion to the rhythm 

of a flute and the drum each. 

I have admired the elegance of the dance to give to God unintentionally.

After "Shishigaku" was played, They hold a head in the mouth of the

Headdress of the lion; played.

This is an action to be carried out to pray for the perfect state of health of children. 

After the event, three miniature shrines and participant of the march formed 

a line lengthwise. And they left Tongu for Hongu

When the row of miniature shrines marched slowly from Tonguu to Hongu, 

they were accompanied by audiences after a march together and walked.

It seemed that I watched it like a child to follow behind mother.

A line of the God good luck arrived at Hongu and put a miniature shrine away 

in Hongu. 

An act of God and a performance of the ※Gagaku began then.

※"Gagaku"･･･Old music and dance to come in the Imperial Court 

or a Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine in Japan

It was the gagaku that I could hear well in a Shinto shrine in Japan, 

but, in childhood, was not able to understand canorousness of this gagaku. 

But, however, I felt it when it was a very deeply impressive tone to sink 

into a Japanese heart when I became an adult and heard it. 

It may be to be gagaku itself when I make Japanese culture a tone.

After a performance of the gagaku, "Shishigaku" is given again, 

while ago when a dance is over they pray for the perfect state

 of health of children at this place, too. 

They hold a head in the mouth of the headdress of the lion; played. 

There were the child who I cried in the fear of the aspect of the headdress 

of the lion very much, and did it and the child who ran about this way and that way.

And there ... When the Jingu empress won a fight in the mythical times,

 I sailed it up, and I remembered the time while feeling the wind that blew there

 in old days.

I felt that myself totally existed in the time, this place.

 I couldn't help thinking that there was the invisible thing 

which reminded the Japanese gene which inherited the history 

and the faith that ancestors repeated from Japanese ancient times

 for an act of God and a festival.

A big festival is held here in autumn, and "Yabusame" (horseback archery) is

 carried out. I think that I am worth going by all means in autumn.

[ Kashii shrin ]

http://kashiigu.com/

4-16-1 Kashii Higashi-ku
Fukuoka Japan
092-681-1001

Hello! Japan!!

Hello, everyone!!!
I am a writer that is sent overseas Japanese culture.

Tokyo Olympics, so be held in 2020, people who know that in Japan will most likely.

However, Japanese culture does not mean that only handed down in Kyoto and Tokyo.

For example,・・・

One of Japanese  culture make Base of Shinto which can be  Japan thought.
 I think so,holds handed down in Kyushu that exists on the west side of Japan from

 the "Mythology"

In this way, Kyushu in divine region and delicious food also, It is a treasure house of Japan of "hospitality" among Japan.
It is little by little, but I will introduce more information about Kyushu in Japan.