Makiwari/Ono - Yamabushi

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

You don't see these every day. I thought I would post the pic. Click the llink to see a Yamabushi ritual.


www.geocities.jp/kaori_atusi/photo_gallery/gion_maturi/gion_maturi_hiru.htm


Edit: I guess direct linking to images is blocked. Just click the link to see the makiwari.

[mrcunningham]

So, what _is_ that ceremony?

[dannyinjapan]

That webpage is mostly about how hard it was to take pictures. The guy is a photographer. The festival, he says, is the "Gyon" (Gion?) festival. So, if we search for Gyon matsuri in kanji, (祇園祭) we may find more pics and some explanations...
www.kyoto-np.co.jp/kp/koto/gion/gion.html
mirahouse.dyndns.org/~mira/kyoto/gion/index.html

Some of the coolest stuff happens in Kyoto. If Sensei didnt live here near Tokyo, Id move down to Kyoto to see all those kick ass temples, festivals and historical sites.