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noun
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minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
See also:本祭り
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陰祭【かげまつり】
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Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
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神田祭り【かんだまつり】
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offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
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神嘗祭【しんじょうさい】
、神嘗祭【かんにえのまつり】
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Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
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祇園祭り【ぎおんまつり】
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festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)
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midsummer feast, summer solstice celebration, St John's day
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夏至祭【げしさい】
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1.
Christmas, Nativity
See also:キリスト降誕祭 (キリストこうたんさい)
2.
celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
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equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
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Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
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三社祭り【さんじゃまつり】
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Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15)
See also:山王権現
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Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)
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imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
See also:式年
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fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)
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Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22), Jidai Festival
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時代祭り【じだいまつり】
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festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine(Shinto term)
See also:神体
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Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
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Passover
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過越祭【すぎこしのまつり】
、過越祭【すぎこしまつり】
、過ぎ越しの祭【すぎこしのまつり】
、過越しの祭【すぎこしのまつり】
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traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
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節祭【しちまつり】
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transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)
See also:式年遷宮祭
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first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor
See also:新嘗祭
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大嘗祭【おおにえのまつり】
、大嘗祭【おおなめまつり】
noun
1.
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
2.
seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
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田植え祭【たうえまつり】
noun
1.
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry, literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
2.
otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank, (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)(orig. meaning)
noun
1.
ceremony for the repose of a soul
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ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.
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鎮魂祭【たましずめのまつり】
、鎮魂の祭り【たましずめのまつり】
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ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
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天気祭り【てんきまつり】
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ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice
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新嘗祭【しんじょうさい】
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Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
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ねぶた祭【ねぶたまつり】
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semi-naked festival, festival in which the participants go naked apart from loin-cloths
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裸祭【はだかまつり】
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Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th), Vesak
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花まつり【はなまつり】
、花祭【はなまつり】
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Bastille Day (July 14)
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巴里祭【パリさい】[1]
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- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires)
2.
New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine
3.
festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
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火祭り【ひまつり】
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Bellows Festival, festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
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ふいご祭り【ふいごまつり】
、鞴祭【ふいごまつり】
、鞴祭り【ふいごまつり】
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boat festival, festival with portable shrines carried on boats
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船祭り【ふなまつり】
、船祭【ふなまつり】
、舟祭【ふなまつり】
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Star Festival (held in July or August), Tanabata
See also:七夕 (たなばた)
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星祭り【ほしまつり】
、星祭【ほしまつり】
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small festival held the night before the main festival, eve of a festival
See also:本祭り
Other readings:
宵祭【よいまつり】