{"id":1408,"date":"2011-06-03T08:01:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T08:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2011-06-03T08:01:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T08:01:20","slug":"japanese-festivals-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-festivals-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Festivals in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are quite a few interesting festivals in Japan for the month of June. If you have some free time this summer, why not go to the Dontsuku Festival (<strong>\u3069\u3093\u3064\u304f\u796d\u308a<\/strong>) in the town of Higashiizu (<strong>\u6771\u4f0a\u8c46\u753a<\/strong>)? The Town is located in Shizuoka Prefecture (<strong>\u9759\u5ca1\u770c<\/strong>). In the Dontsuku Festival the townspeople carry large phalluses through the streets. The Dontsuku Festival is a fertility festival when people pray for successful conjugal relations between couples.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u7a32\u53d6\u3000\u3069\u3093\u3064\u304f\u796d\u308a\u3000\u5973\u795e\u8f3f\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/406wsBySoUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Itoman H\u0101r\u0113 (<strong>\u7cf8\u6e80\u30cf\u30fc\u30ec\u30fc<\/strong>) is a festival that occurs around mid-June. The Festival takes place in the Okinawan city of Itoman (<strong>\u7cf8\u6e80\u5e02<\/strong>). The Itoman H\u0101r\u0113 is a dragon boat festival that is celebrated with much fanfare in the fishing community. That\u2019s because the boat races are an entreaty to the gods for a bountiful supply of fish, and the safety of sailors at sea. The boats are decorated as colorful dragons and each team tries to beat the other team in a fast pace boat race.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u7cf8\u6e80\u30cf\u30fc\u30ec\u30fc\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDWBV9K_HTw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Takekiri Eshiki Matsuri (<strong>\u7af9\u65ac\u308a<\/strong><strong>\u4f1a\u5f0f\u796d\u308a<\/strong>) is a festival where bamboo is cut into pieces. The bamboo represents an evil serpent, and the cutting of the bamboo symbolizes the victory over evil. The people who cut the bamboo into pieces are monks. They cut the bamboo with swords, which can get pretty dangerous. When you watch the video below, you can see the pieces of bamboo flying around in the air. Luckily, no one got hurt!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takekiri-eshiki \uff0f Kurama-dera Temple, Kyoto (4\/4)\u3000 \u978d\u99ac\u5c71\uff0f\u7af9\u4f10\u308a\u4f1a\u5f0f\u30fb\u7af9\u4f10\u308a\u306e\u5100\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUpDzZ-ea3I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are quite a few interesting festivals in Japan for the month of June. If you have some free time this summer, why not go to the Dontsuku Festival (\u3069\u3093\u3064\u304f\u796d\u308a) in the town of Higashiizu (\u6771\u4f0a\u8c46\u753a)? The Town is located in Shizuoka Prefecture (\u9759\u5ca1\u770c). 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