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