Fall is coming! And with it, the various Fall matsuri, which are numerous in the Setouchi area, probably because they’re harvest matsuri, and we’re still in a quite rural part of Japan. Among them, one of my favorite matsuri. I try to never miss it although I missed it last […]
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Just a quick note if you’re currently visiting the Setouchi Triennale 2016 and are planning on going to Teshima tomorrow (or don’t know where you’ll be going yet), or simply if you live in Kagawa and have no plans for tomorrow. Know that the Karato Matsuri will take place […]
I’m back after a few weeks break (my parents were visiting, I had some vacation as well as some busier than usual time) the blog is back with this picture of a Taikodai from the Karato fall matsuri on Teshima that takes place every year on October 21st […]
On October 15 of every year, the Uchinomi Matsuri takes place on Shodoshima. It is one of the eight fall matsuri that take place mid-October on the island over the span of 10 days. All of them are harvest matsuri and are affiliated with various Hachiman shrines on the island. A couple […]
Every year, on October 21st, on Teshima, in the village of Karato, the Karato Hachiman Matsuri takes place. Despite its very small size (or thanks to its very small size?) it is my favorite matsuri, so I attend it as often as possible. I won’t tell you the same […]
Last weekend I was sick (still am a little – a bad throat inflammation for unknown reasons; I suspect exhaustion) so no Setouchi Triennale island for me. 🙁 However, that doesn’t mean I stayed home for the entire weekend, I got to go a to matsuri instead! As I […]
In my previous post about the Fall matsuri, I just briefly mentioned the Niihama Taiko Matsuri. In case you’re interested, it takes place in Niihama (Ehime prefecture) every year on October 16-18 and it’s one of the major matsuri of Shikoku (the largest or the second largest). Do […]
It’s October, rice is getting harvested, the weather is cooler and… the fall matsuri are coming! I don’t know in other less rural parts of Japan, but here on Shikoku, the fall matsuri are kinda of a big deal. Sometimes called harvest matsuri, they’re pretty much everywhere, they’re usually […]
Last Sunday, we went to Megijima, not to see the Setouchi Triennale‘s artworks (we saw them back in April) but to attend its summer matsuri. I don’t know this matsuri that well – it was my first time – except that it’s actually the Megijima matsuri and the Ogijima […]
So, last Sunday, I went to Teshima. It was part of my mini Seto Islands Tour, but it was more than that. In a sense I had to be there on October 21st and not another day. Why is that? Well, because it’s the day of the Karato Hachiman […]