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Onbashira Festival（御柱祭）

おんばしらさい Onbashira Festival

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Every seven years sixteen fir trunks are hauled from the mountain, ridden down a slope and stood at the shrine corners.

Type	Art festival
Genre	Architecture / Outdoor art / Land art
City / town	Suwa
Founded / opened	Heian period
Area in the prefecture	Nanshin

FAQ

Where is Onbashira Festival?: It is in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is an art festival.
What can I see at Onbashira Festival?: Every seven years sixteen fir trunks are hauled from the mountain, ridden down a slope and stood at the shrine corners. The focus is architecture, land art.
When was Onbashira Festival established?: It dates from the Heian period.

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