"Nozawa Onsen Doshojin Festival" that dyes the night sky red

The Nozawa Onsen Dosojin Festival is held on January 15, a small village with a population of about 3,600 population known as a hot spring, a ski town, and the birthplace of Nozawa Nana. It is designated as a nationally designated important intangible folk cultural property, and in recent years it is one of Japan's leading fire festivals that are visited by many foreigners.

A fire battle over a shrine with a shrine with a 20m beech, a climax where the shrine and the first lantern burn out. This festival, which was developed with overwhelming power and is called a strange festival, was also a tradition of the development of people supporting the village.

Friends who are proud of the traditional fire festival
Awareness as a "Nozawa man" that becomes stronger after the third night lecture

In Kita -Shinshu, some festivals for fighting and defense of fire are still inherited, but the scale of Nozawa Onsen is exceptional and is counted as the three major fire festivals in Japan.

The leading role of the festival is a 25 -year -old man, who is the same as the men who are 42 years old, 42 years old and the 3rds of the age of 41 and 40. In particular, the Miku lecture plays an important role in holding a festival for three years with the same friends. It is almost all of the festival, which begins with the shrine of the shrine. He experience this and strongly realizes that he is a "Nozawa man."

The most important in preparation is the shrine building and the Dosojin construction. At the end of November, a 42 -year -old and 41 -year -old man was produced.

"This is my first time to partition the festival in the current three -night lecture, and we are 42 years old. So this time it's really special. I feel the weight, "says Tomii of the general.

Forty -two -year -old bad year encouraging society, Yoshiyuki Tomii

Born in Nozawa Onsen Village. In the age of 25, he experienced a battle and defense, and this time he was a 42 -year -old bad year as a summary of the entire festival work and setup. "My father in elementary school will give a lantern as a grade," he said.

Bond with villagers
Only after experiencing the Dosojin Festival, I become a full -fledged adult

The biggest showcase of the festival is a fierce fire fighting in which a 25 -year -old man of the age of a pine is a pine branch, protecting the shrine from the flame of the villagers of the villagers. The spirit of a serious fight is transmitted.

"I heard that my hair was burning, but I was recognized as a full -fledged adult for the first time since I got over it. I say.

On the other hand, Mr. Sugiyama, the 42 -year -old chairman of Dosojin, said, "When I was 25 years old, I was absorbed in myself and I was impressed that I had done it, but my seniors were all set up. So we have to taste that feeling. "

The Dosojin Festival, which is attracting attention from the world because of its courage, hopes for the happiness of the village, and at the same time, fostering the bonds with the villagers, the pride of the villagers, and the people who carry the village. It is also a tradition.

Fumiya Kobayashi

He is a representative of the 25 -year -old bad year. There are many classmates who take a break from work for preparation, as well as on the day.

Shinshu Winter Festival & Shinshu New Year's luck

[Obuse no Yasuichi]
Obuse's biggest festival held with towns. It is said to be the ninja of Rokusai City, which began in the Edo period, and is crowded in the city of daruma and lucky charms. The 15th "Shinto Shinto" is Yasuichi's largest word. Examiners and mayors cross the fire one after another. The challenge is OK for the general public. If you can destroy your heart in the New Year, you will surely have a good year.

January 14th, 15th (the same day every year)
Imperial Shrine
Obuse Town Chamber of Commerce (026-247-2028)

[Oami Fire Festival]
It is a festival that thanks the blessings of nature and praying to the god of Amaga Mountain to make this year a good year. A space where a bonfire lit in the silver world, the fantastic dance of the shrine maiden who greets the gods and the men in the loincloth dressed as the demon of God's use is the highlight. It is a cold time that has just passed the spring, but the flame of the dynamic torch warms the whole area.

February 2nd Saturday (February 11, 2017)
Amidagahara venue
Kotani Village Tourism Federation (0261-82-2233)

[Ashinjiri's Dosojin Festival]
Nagano city
Dosojin is also known for its appearance at the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998. It is also called the "God -Makomo -decor Michijin Festival" because it uses the Dosojin's face (god) and offerings from each house to make the Dosojin's face and offerings, and a unique face is born every year. It is said that if you bake rice cakes with the remaining fire and eat it with the remaining fire, you can spend a year.
◇ January 7 (held every year) / Ooka Branch, Nagano City 026-266-2121

[Shinano Kokubunji Hakushido Fair]
Ueda City
Shinano Kokubunji Temple is a beautiful triple pagoda (Kokushige) of the Japanese -kares. In Yokushudo, the main hall is held in the main hall and prayers, and the Director of the Fortune Disaster Disaster Demmentation, "Souin's future mark," and Fukudaruma city. In the future of Soujin, which has a history of more than 500 years, the Temple's future mark is distributed by the Soujin of the temple from the afternoon on the 7th, and the Seven Lucky Gods by the Soujin lecture will be distributed from 8:00 am on the 8th. It is crowded with many worshipers early in the morning.
◇ January 7, 8 (held every year) / Shinano Kokubunji 0268-24-1388

[Matsumoto Ame City]
Ueda City
It is a traditional event called "salt city", which was derived from the fact that Kenshin Uesugi sent salt to the enemy, Shingen Takeda, and began celebrating the day when salt arrived in Matsumoto. In the central city area, a variety of events such as the era of the Seven Lucky Gods, the National Ame Expo, Immediate Sales, Salt Heavy Battle, and Children's Fortune Sales are being held, and it is a New Year's bustle.
◇ Every year (January 7th, 8th, 2017) / Matsumoto-shi executive committee secretariat (Honmachi Shopping Street Promotion Association) 0263-36-1121

[Niino's Snow Festival]
Anan town
A festival that prays for five grains of the five grains as a good sign. From the night of January 14 to the next morning, the dancing, which can be said to be the origin of traditional Japanese performing arts such as Diraku and dance, will be held all night on the grounds of Izu Shrine. It is described as "sleepy and smoky cold" because it is performed while burning the pine from midnight to the morning from midnight to the morning, but the charm that surpasses it attracts many people.
◇ January 14, 15 (held every year) / Anan Town Promotion Division 0260-22-4055

[Otaya Festival]
Nagowa -cho
It is said that it was called this because it was a festival of Ise -sha, which is located in Taya -cho, Nagiwa -cho, which is the festival of Ise. A doll -like floats dedicated to the precincts and five alleys in the town are specialties of this festival. Five preservation meetings are created every year on the subject of old tales, history, zodiac, zodiac, and world.
◇ January 14th, 15th (held every year) / Nagawacho Industrial Promotion Division 0268-75-2047

[Hihiro's lion dance]
Ina City
A traditional event for the New Year with a history of about 400 years. It is said that the dancing between a lion with a closed mouth and a hegomic lion who opened the mouth is rare nationwide, and it is unique that male and females match them with different music. After dedication at Naka -Senji Temple in Hihiro Ward, the lion of the male and female is divided into the north -south, a temple, and travels around the house in the ward, and performs a dance with wishes such as illness.
◇ Every year on January 15th, Sunday (January 15, 2017) / (one company) Ina City Tourism Association 0265-78-4111 (generation)