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