Onbashira is a visual feast. Enjoy the show. Photos courtesy of Emi Yamazaki, Subari, Victor Turek, CWG, and the Shimin-Shimbun
Kamisha’s Satobiki, Nagamochi Parade, 2004
Shimosha Yamadashi, 2010 (Courtesy of Shimin-shinbun)
Yamadashi, by Emi Yamazaki
Oikake-zuna-shu (By Emi Yamazaki)
Tekoshu, Harumiya 4 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Haruyon, Kokoro-hitotsu
Attaching the harnesses, pre-Satobiki
Motozuna and Kiyari (By Emi Yamazaki)
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010
Harumiya, Tateonbashira, 2010
Nearing Shimekake, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Respects at Maemiya
Haru 2 2016 By CWG
Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010
Kiyari, before the fall (Courtesy of the Shimin-shimbun)
The pillars await, 2010
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Maemiya’s Tateonbashira, 2010
Akimiya’s Tateonbashira, Kamisha
Harumiya’s 4th pillar, The first of the festival, ready to fall, 2010 (Courtesy of the Shimin-shimbun)
Kamisha Yamadashi, 2010
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Kiyari Kids, Kamisha, 2010
Maemiya 1, Satobiki (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)
Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Kamisha’s Kiotoshi, 2010
Harumiya 4’s Kiotoshi, 2010
Maemiya’s Kawakoshi, 2010 (Courtesy of the Shimin-shimbun)
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010
Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010
Early AM, pre-Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Kamisha’s Satobiki, 2004
Kiyari-shu, by Emi Yamazaki
Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010
Arriving in town, by Emi Yamazaki
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Honmiya’s Kiotoshi, 2010 (Photo courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)
The Suwa Basin, Land of Onbashira
Akimiya, by Subari
Yoisa! (By Emi Yamazaki)
Harumiya 4’s Kiotoshi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Honmiya 2, Banzai!
Haru 2 2016By CWG
Ready to Fly v
Teko-shu, by Emi Yamazaki
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010
Honmiya
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Practice run, Minato
Kokoro-hitotsu
Tateonbashira Ceremony, 2010
Akimiya, Main Hall Detail
Shimosha’s pillars await, 2016
Yamadashi, Harumiya 4 (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)
Haru 1 (mini-kiotoshi) 2016 By CWG
Temizuya at Honmiya
Kiyari Kids, 2004
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
non-Haru 4 tekoshu By CWG
Gratitude (By Emi Yamazaki)
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)
Kizukuri, preparing the log 2010
Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Harumiya 2, Tateonbashira (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)
Happy Teko Guy (By Emi Yamazaki)
Satobiki, Harumiya, 2010
Honmiya 1, Kawakoshi (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)
Yoisa! (By Emi Yamazaki)
Kiotoshi Success v
Above the kiotoshi slope 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Harumiya 4, Yamadashi, by Emi Yamazaki
Sunrise from Minato
Satobiki 2016 By CWG
Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)
Miko, Evening Rituals, Honmiya
Maemiya’s second pillar
Harumiya 4, Motozuna-shu
Onbashira 