Comments | fukui_and_me: Wakasa no Omizu okuri, aka Amanda and 800 others get large torches and walk to the water with them.

fukui_and_me

Wakasa no Omizu okuri, aka Amanda and 800 others get large torches and walk to the water with them.

Mar 09, 2010 14:00

Hi there and super long time no update! Today I want to talk about a festival that I went to at Wakasa Jinguji Shrine to see the Wakasa-no-Omizu-okuri, or “Wakasa’s Water Sending” ceremony. It took place on March 2nd, and marks the beginning of the beginning of spring. The ceremony symbolizes the sending of water down a river from the shrine in ( Read more... )

french toast, wakasa, shrine, obama, water, fire, torch, traditional japan

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torch wishes anonymous March 9 2010, 08:00:55 UTC

Hmmm... Ever the pyromaniac.

Re: torch wishes fukui_and_me March 9 2010, 08:34:03 UTC

pyrotechnician! and actually it was a little horrifying...being around all the fire...there were some little children with torches larger than them!

miyu_candycat April 13 2010, 15:21:39 UTC

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