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