Onbashira is a visual feast. Enjoy the show. Photos courtesy of Emi Yamazaki, Subari, Victor Turek, CWG, and the Shimin-Shimbun

Yamadashi, Harumiya 4 (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Haruyon, Kokoro-hitotsu

Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010

Kizukuri, preparing the log 2010

The pillars await, 2010

Akimiya’s Tateonbashira, Kamisha

Sunrise from Minato

non-Haru 4 tekoshu By CWG

Miko, Evening Rituals, Honmiya

Arriving in town, by Emi Yamazaki

Satobiki, Harumiya, 2010

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Tateonbashira Ceremony, 2010

Kamisha Yamadashi, 2010

Harumiya 4’s Kiotoshi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Early AM, pre-Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Motozuna and Kiyari (By Emi Yamazaki)

Yoisa! (By Emi Yamazaki)

Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010

Harumiya 2, Tateonbashira (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)

Yoisa! (By Emi Yamazaki)

Honmiya 1, Kawakoshi (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)

Maemiya’s second pillar

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Maemiya’s Tateonbashira, 2010

Teko-shu, by Emi Yamazaki

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Kiyari, before the fall (Courtesy of the Shimin-shimbun)

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Kamisha’s Satobiki, Nagamochi Parade, 2004

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Maemiya 1, Satobiki (Courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)

Gratitude (By Emi Yamazaki)

Honmiya

Harumiya 4, Yamadashi, by Emi Yamazaki

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Oikake-zuna-shu (By Emi Yamazaki)

Akimiya, Main Hall Detail

Akimiya, by Subari

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Harumiya’s 4th pillar, The first of the festival, ready to fall, 2010 (Courtesy of the Shimin-shimbun)

Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010

Attaching the harnesses, pre-Satobiki

Temizuya at Honmiya

Harumiya 4, Motozuna-shu

Harumiya 4’s Kiotoshi, 2010

Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010

Practice run, Minato

The Suwa Basin, Land of Onbashira

Harumiya 4, Satobiki, 2010

Yamadashi, by Emi Yamazaki

Haru 2 2016By CWG

Shimosha’s pillars await, 2016

Respects at Maemiya

Kamisha’s Satobiki, 2004

Haru 2 2016 By CWG

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Harumiya, Tateonbashira, 2010

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Satobiki 2016 By CWG

Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Shimosha Yamadashi, 2010 (Courtesy of Shimin-shinbun)

Kokoro-hitotsu

Maemiya’s Kawakoshi, 2010 (Courtesy of the Shimin-shimbun)

Kiyari Kids, Kamisha, 2010

Kiyari Kids, 2004

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010

Yamadashi 2016 (By Victor Turek)

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Happy Teko Guy (By Emi Yamazaki)

Kamisha’s Kiotoshi, 2010

Harumiya 4 Yamadashi, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010

Above the kiotoshi slope 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Ready to Fly v

Kiyari-shu, by Emi Yamazaki

Honmiya 2, Banzai!

Haru 1 (mini-kiotoshi) 2016 By CWG

Kiotoshi Success v

Honmiya’s Kiotoshi, 2010 (Photo courtesy of Shimin-shimbun)

Harumiya 4 Tateonbashira, 2010

Nearing Shimekake, 2010 (By Emi Yamazaki)

Tekoshu, Harumiya 4 (By Emi Yamazaki)