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