This Tourist information is created by Japan KYUSHU Tourist for enjoyment of your travel. We are a Travel Agent in Fukuoka specializing in Kyushu. When you have an idea or a plan for traveling in Kyushu, Japan, please contact us by sending an Enquiry.                                                 Make an Enquiry     Hina matsuri, also called Doll’s Festival or Girls’ Day, is a special day in Japan, celebrated each year on 3 March. A platforms covered with a red carpet-material are used to display a set of ornamental hina dolls, representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.   It is an occasion to pray for the well-being and prosperity of girls. It is thought that the festival has its roots in an ancient purification ceremony, in which dolls were floated down the river, taking all of the girls’ bad luck with them.     Yoshii-machi, Ukiha-city Hina doll Festival  from February 11 through April 3 Main Hina dolls are displayed at Shirakabe Avenue district, where the river is lined by attractive former warehouses, all with traditional wood and white plaster exteriors. The doll displays of Ukiha usually feature two types of dolls: okiage (paper cut-outs covered in cotton and …

Chikugo Yoshii Hinadoll Festival in 2020…の続きを読む

  This Tourist information is created by Japan KYUSHU Tourist for enjoyment of your travel. We are a Travel Agent in Fukuoka specializing in Kyushu. When you have an idea or a plan for traveling in Kyushu, Japan, please contact us by sending an Enquiry.                                                 Make an Enquiry     Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region   The sacred island of Okinoshima, situated between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean peninsula, has long attracted the devotion of the local population in the Munakata region, who possessed advanced nautical skills. Large-scale rituals utilizing an enormous quantity of precious votive offerings were conducted on the island to pray for safe ocean voyages from the 4th to the 9th centuries, a period of more than 500 years during which overseas exchange occurred frequently in East Asia. 　   Ritual sites bearing witness to the successive phases of ancient rituals that chronicle the formation of indigenous beliefs in Japan have survived to the present almost intact, because the island of Okinoshima, as an object of worship, has been protected by established taboos strictly limiting access to the island.     UNESCO World Heritage Sites     Munakata Shrine Hetsu-gu Hetsu-gu is one of the three shrines that comprise Munakata Shrine and enshrines Ichikishimahime-no-Kami, one …

UNESCO World Heritage / Sacred region Mu…の続きを読む