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