Dondo-Yaki (Dondo bonfire) Hokkaidō Shrine 2022 (Sapporo, Hokkaido, J...

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Dondo-Yaki is a fire festival which is usually held on January 15th. People gather New Year's ornaments of the neighborhood in order to burn them in a big Dondo bonfire. It is believed that spirits of the new year are supposed to go home with the smoke of this fire. Burning of New Year’s decorations is a traditional festival to pray for sound health by bringing together and burning New Year’s decorations, such as pine decorations, in the grounds of a shrine or in public spaces. It is held on or around January 15. The Hokkaidō Shrine (北海道神宮, Hokkaidō Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Sited in Maruyama Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Hokkaido Shrine enshrines four kami including the soul of the Emperor Meiji. A number of early explorers of Hokkaidō such as Mamiya Rinzō are also enshrined. The area of the Hokkaido Shrine is 180,000 m², and is adjacent to Maruyama Park. During the season which cherry blossoms in the area bloom, the shrine is crowded with people enjoying Hanami. Many people also visit the shrine during Japanese New Year to go Hatsumōde. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] Shinto (Japanese: 神道, romanized: Shintō) is a religion which originated in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners Shintoists, although adherents rarely use that term themselves. There is no central authority in control of Shinto and much diversity exists among practitioners. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] Shooting : 2022-1-14 #Japan #culture #life

Otaru Inari Shrine (in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan)

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Inari shrine is a tutelary shrine guarding the local people. It is dedicated to the gods of the harvest and industry. A pair of foxes , messengers of the gods, stand at the gate of the shrine. Otaru (小樽市, Otaru-shi) is a city and port in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. The city faces Ishikari Bay and the Sea of Japan, and has long served as the main port of the bay. With its many historical buildings, Otaru is a popular tourist destination. Because it is a 25-minute drive from Sapporo, it has recently grown as a bedroom community. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

Fire fighting in Japan.

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Hokkaidō Shrine (Sapporo, Japan)

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The Hokkaidō Shrine (北海道神宮, Hokkaidō Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Sited in Maruyama Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Hokkaido Shrine enshrines four kami including the soul of the Emperor Meiji. A number of early explorers of Hokkaidō such as Mamiya Rinzō are also enshrined. In 1869, by an order of the Emperor Meiji, a ceremony to enshrine three kami (Shinto deities); Ōkunitama, Ōkuninushi, and Sukunahikona, was held in Tokyo. They were enshrined as the three deities of the Hokkaido reclamation (開拓三神, Kaitaku Sanjin), and they were later moved to Sapporo by officers in the Kaitakushi, the previous government of Hokkaidō prefecture. An interim building of the shrine for three kami was constructed in 1870 in Sapporo, although its location was different from the current point where the Hokkaidō Shrine stands. In 1871, the shrine was erected in its current place and named "Sapporo Shrine" (Sapporo Jinja), and on September 14 an inaugural ceremony was held. From 1889 through 1946, Sapporo-jinja was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

Shiraoi (Hokkaido, Japan)

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Shiraoi (白老町, Shiraoi-chō) is a town located in Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town had a population of 17,759. It was established in 1867 by the feudal lords of Sendai. Most of the area of the town is forested and parts lie within the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park. Shiraoi, like the rest of Hokkaido, was populated by the Ainu. According to the town's official website, the name, Shiraoi, means Rainbows in the Ainu language. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] Shiraoi Station (白老駅, Shiraoi-eki) is a train station in Shiraoi, Shiraoi District, Hokkaidō, Japan. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] The Ainu Museum, commonly known as Poroto Kotan – A natural history museum depicting a traditional Ainu village. Performers show traditional crafts and dances like the iomante rimse. The Ainu Museum (アイヌ民族博物館, Ainu Minzoku Hakubutsukan), also known as Porotokotan, is a former museum in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. The facility began its existence in 1976 as the Shiraoi Foundation for the Preservation of Ainu Culture. In 1984 this was extended to include the Ainu Folk Museum. In 1990 it reopened under the auspices of The Ainu Museum Foundation. The collection included some five thousand folk materials relating to the Ainu and a further approximately two hundred objects relating to minority groups of the north, including the Nivkh, Uilta, Sami, and Inuit. The institution was also involved in the recording and transmission of Ainu-related intangible cultural heritage. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] The Ainu or the Aynu (Ainu: アィヌ, Aynu, Айну; Japanese: アイヌ, Ainu; Russian: Áйны, Áĭny), also known as the Ezo (蝦夷) in historical Japanese texts, are an East Asian ethnic group indigenous to Japan, the original inhabitants of Hokkaido (and formerly North-Eastern Honshū) and some of its nearby Russian territories (Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Khabarovsk Krai and the Kamchatka Peninsula). [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

"Wakkanai, Hokkaido" Let's go for a walk.

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Wakkanai (稚内市, Wakkanai-shi, Ainu: ヤㇺワッカナイ Yam-wakka-nay meaning "cold water river"), (Russian: Вакканай) is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of Sōya Subprefecture, and the northernmost city in Japan. It contains Japan's northernmost point, Cape Sōya, from which the Russian island of Sakhalin can be seen.
As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 33,869 and a population density of 44.5 persons per km² (126 persons per mi²). The total area is 761.47 km2 (294.01 sq mi).
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Cape Sōya (宗谷岬, Sōya-misaki) is the northernmost point of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated in Wakkanai, Sōya Subprefecture. The Monument of the Northernmost Point of Japan (日本最北端の地の碑) is at the cape, although the true northernmost point under Japanese control is a small deserted island called Bentenjima, 1 kilometre (3,300 ft) northwest. Since the cape is just 43 kilometres (27 mi) away across La Perouse Strait from Cape Crillon, Sakhalin Island, Russia, it is possible to catch a glimpse of the island of Sakhalin on a clear day.
There are more than ten monuments at Cape Sōya, including the Monument of the northernmost Point of Japan, the Tower of Prayer (a memorial to Korean Air Lines Flight 007, shot down in 1983), a statue of Mamiya Rinzō, the Monument of Peace (a memorial to the sunken submarine USS Wahoo, and others). Sōya Misaki settlement, east of the cape, has many facilities known to be "the northernmost in Japan", such as the northernmost lighthouse (Cape Sōya Lighthouse), the northernmost filling station (Idemitsu Cape Sōya SS), the northernmost elementary school (Ōmisaki Elementary School), and so on.
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Hokumon Jinja (北門神社) is a Shinto shrine in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. In Tenmei 5 (1785), Matsumae Domain trader and agent Murayama Denbee (村山伝兵衛) (1738–1813) is said to have founded the small shrine of Sōya Daijingū (宗谷大神宮), enshrining Amaterasu as guardian of the north gate. In 1896 the shrine was transferred to its current location and renamed Hokumon Jinja, with Takemikazuchi and Kotoshironushi enshrined alongside Amaterasu. In 1902 work on the shrine buildings was completed, but on 17 May 1911 the whole complex was destroyed by a wild fire. 1913 saw the rebuilding of the Honden and Haiden and in 1916 Hokuman Jinja was ranked as a Village Shrine. In 1925 the shrine offices were donated and in 1933 Hokumon Jinja was promoted to the rank of District Shrine. The hexagonal shrine mikoshi was dedicated in 1949 and in 1978 the new shrine building was completed and a transfer ceremony held.
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Wakkanai Station (稚内駅, Wakkanai-eki) is station on the Sōya Main Line in the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It is the northern terminus of the Sōya Main Line, and is also the northernmost railway station in Japan.
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A look into Japan. "The memory of Shōwa era".

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Cheer on Hokkai High School baseball team.

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Shooting : July 22, 2016
Sapporo Maruyama Baseball Stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

High school baseball is full of passion in Japan.
Go for it, Hokkai High School!

High school baseball is very popular in Japan.
Because each high school team represents its hometown or home prefecture.

Sapporo Maruyama Baseball Stadium (札幌市円山球場), is a baseball stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The stadium holds 25,000 people, was built in 1934 and is currently used for high-school and amateur baseball games.
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Cheer on Hokkai Gakuen Sapporo High School baseball team.

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Shooting : July 19, 2016
Sapporo Maruyama Baseball Stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

High school baseball is full of passion in Japan.
Go for it, Hokkai Gakuen Sapporo High School!

High school baseball is very popular in Japan.
Because each high school team represents its hometown or home prefecture.

Sapporo Maruyama Baseball Stadium (札幌市円山球場), is a baseball stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The stadium holds 25,000 people, was built in 1934 and is currently used for high-school and amateur baseball games.
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Sapporo Festival 2016 "Mikoshi parades ②"

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From June 14 to 16 in every year, the Main festival of Hokkaido Shrine, also called "Sapporo Festival" (Sapporo Matsuri), is held, and the line of people bearing Mikoshi parades down the street which leads to the shrine. It also manages a Scouting activities.
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A mikoshi (神輿) is a sacred religious palanquin (also translated as portable Shinto shrine). Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between main shrine and temporary shrine during a festival or when moving to a new shrine. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing.
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The Hokkaidō Shrine (北海道神宮, Hokkaidō Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Sited in Maruyama Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Hokkaido Shrine enshrines four kami including the soul of the Emperor Meiji. A number of early explorers of Hokkaidō such as Mamiya Rinzō are also enshrined.
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Sapporo Festival 2016 "Mikoshi parades ①"

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From June 14 to 16 in every year, the Main festival of Hokkaido Shrine, also called "Sapporo Festival" (Sapporo Matsuri), is held, and the line of people bearing Mikoshi parades down the street which leads to the shrine. It also manages a Scouting activities.
[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

A mikoshi (神輿) is a sacred religious palanquin (also translated as portable Shinto shrine). Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between main shrine and temporary shrine during a festival or when moving to a new shrine. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing.
[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

The Hokkaidō Shrine (北海道神宮, Hokkaidō Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Sited in Maruyama Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Hokkaido Shrine enshrines four kami including the soul of the Emperor Meiji. A number of early explorers of Hokkaidō such as Mamiya Rinzō are also enshrined.
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"STORM" at Hokkaido University 2016.

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"storm", one of the traditional event at Hokkaido university.
Recorded on June 5, 2016, the last day of university festival named "Hokudaisai".
"Sapporo no-gakko ha Ezo-ga-shima!! (Sapporo Agricultual college is on the Hokkaido island where is called Ezo-ga-shima)"

Hokkaido University (北海道大学, Hokkaidō daigaku), or Hokudai (北大), is a Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was the 5th Imperial University in Japan, which were established to be the nation's finest institutes of higher education or research and selected as a Top Type university of Top Global University Project by the Japanese government. The main campus located in downtown Sapporo, just north of Sapporo Station, and stretching approximately 2.4 kilometers northward. It is considered one of the top universities in Japan.
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Hokkaido Colonization Commission Sapporo Main Office

"Hokkaido Colonization Commission Sapporo Main Office" at Historical Village of Hokkaido.
(Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan)

Kurumasa Inn

"Kurumasa Inn" at Histrical Village of Hokkaido.
(Sapporo, Japan)

Police Box at Minami 1-Jo

"Police Box at Minami 1-Jo" at Histrical Village of Hokkaido.
(Sapporo, Japan)

Seika-tei

Seika-tei
Sapporo, Hokkido,Japan.

Clock Tower

Clock Tower (Sapporo, Japan)
The Clock Tower was constracted in 1878 as a drill hall of Sapporo Agricultural College.

Hoheikan

Hoheikan (Hokkaido Guest House)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Byodoin Temple

Byodoin Temple (Uji-shi, Kyoto, Japan)
The building and statutes created about 1,000 years ago have been passed down to this day and are registered as a World Heritage Site.

Himeji Castle

Himeji Castle (Himeji City, Japan)
The present form of Himeji Castle was constructed in 1609 (Keicho 14th yr), and it has retained its original beauty for more than 400 years.