{"id":786,"date":"2007-11-23T13:39:50","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/11\/23\/takayama-festival-floats-exibition-hall\/"},"modified":"2008-09-28T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T17:48:45","slug":"takayama-festival-floats-exibition-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/11\/23\/takayama-festival-floats-exibition-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Takayama Festival Floats Exibition Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Takayama is noted for its spectacular Spring and Autumn Festivals which feature huge wooden floats: centuries old, brightly painted and intricately carved. Between festivals the floats can be seen in this museum.
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\nSince the festival is a religious observance, the museum is actually a Shinto shrine and is staffed by mikos<\/a>.
\nTorii<\/p>\n

Torii<\/p>\n

Miko<\/p>\n

The floats are displayed behind glass walls in a cavernous hall. The costumed mannequins represent the people who pull the floats during the festival.
\nFloat Hall<\/p>\n

Float<\/p>\n

Float<\/p>\n

Float<\/p>\n

Float<\/p>\n

The carved human figures are actually puppets and perform little routines when the floats stop at street corners.
\nFloat<\/p>\n

Float<\/p>\n

Traditional clothing worn during the festivals.
\nFestival Costumes<\/p>\n

Foliage<\/p>\n

Koi Pond<\/p>\n

Many shrines have koma-inu<\/em> (lion-dogs) as symbolic guardian animals.
\nKoma-inu<\/p>\n

At this time of year many shrines have displays of chrysanthemums.
\nChrysanthemums<\/p>\n

All shrines (and some temples) include at least one chouzuya<\/em> (ablution pavilion.) Worshipers are supposed to purify their bodies before praying by washing their hands and mouths.
\nChouzuya<\/p>\n

This one has a dragon.
\nDragon<\/p>\n

Next to the Floats Exhibition Hall is the Sakurayama Nikko Hall, which contains 1\/10-scale replicas of the buildings of the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko<\/a>. The miniatures are in some ways more impressive than the originals since they let you see the structure as a whole, instead of small parts of it close up.
\nTwilight Gate<\/p>\n

All Entries For This Trip.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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