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Cultural Event Attractions In Suwa

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Suwa is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2016, the city had an estimated population of 49,354, and a population density of 452 persons per km². Its total area is 109.17 square kilometres .
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Cultural Event Attractions In Suwa

  • 1. Onbashira Suwa
    The Mihashira or Onbashira are four wooden posts or pillars that stand on the four corners of local shrines in the Lake Suwa area of Nagano Prefecture , Japan. The largest and most famous set of onbashira are those that stand on the four shrines that make up the Suwa Grand Shrine complex. By custom, the onbashira are replaced every six years, in the years of the Monkey and the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. In Suwa Shrine, this occurs during the Onbashira Festival , which also functions as a symbolic renewal of the shrine's buildings. During the festival, sixteen specially-chosen fir trees are felled and then transported down a mountain, where they are then erected at the four corners of each shrine. Festival participants ride the onbashira as they are slid down the mountain, dragged to the ...
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