Kaimu county, in the Yabetsu region.
The Tomisuijin festival, celebrating the water gods.
In this region surrounded by mountain ranges, it is said that the people have celebrated the magnificence of nature around them for centuries in the form of several traditional festivals.
One of the oldest of these traditions, the Tomisuijin festival, celebrates the plentiful waters of the lakes and gives thanks for everything they provide.
It is reported this festival dates back to the Sengoku era.
Every 4 years, a champion chosen in each family in the village dresses up in their family's ancestral Tomisuijin clothing and goes to the lake at the foot of Mizuyama mountain to dance for 3 days and 3 nights straight and ask the water deities for an abundant harvest.
Because of the strange image of people in traditional clothing, dancing until they cannot stand anymore, the Tomisuijin festival is counted as one of the "Bizarre Festivals" of the world. However, according to the believers, farmland that was sprayed with the blessed water of the lake will always prosper...
*This part of the website will introduce a fictitious "Bizarre Festival", freely created by Camp employees, or our associates.
Please note that it is all pure fiction, and enjoy.
富水神祭
海無郡・夜別地方 「富水神祭」
九割を山岳地帯が占めるこの地域では、
壮大な自然を崇拝する行事が多く伝承されている。
中でも富水神祭は、
豊かな水の恩恵に感謝する由緒ある祭事である。
その起源は戦国時代にも遡ると言われ、
四年に一度、村の猛者たちが
各々の家に受け継がれる富水神の衣装を身に纏い、
村の中央部に聳え立つ富水山の麓にある湖で
三日三晩寝ずに踊り狂い、その年の豊作を祈願する。
その奇妙な出立ちからいわゆる「奇祭」に数えられ、
富水神の立てた水しぶきを浴びた者の農地はよく栄えると
古くから言い伝えられているとかいないとか……。
WATER GODS FESTIVAL WATER GODS FESTIVAL
Kaimu county, in the Yabetsu region.
The Tomisuijin festival, celebrating the water gods.
In this region surrounded by mountain ranges, it is said that the people have celebrated the magnificence of nature around them for centuries in the form of several traditional festivals.
One of the oldest of these traditions, the Tomisuijin festival, celebrates the plentiful waters of the lakes and gives thanks for everything they provide.
It is reported this festival dates back to the Sengoku era.
Every 4 years, a champion chosen in each family in the village dresses up in their family's ancestral Tomisuijin clothing and goes to the lake at the foot of Mizuyama mountain to dance for 3 days and 3 nights straight and ask the water deities for an abundant harvest.
Because of the strange image of people in traditional clothing, dancing until they cannot stand anymore, the Tomisuijin festival is counted as one of the "Bizarre Festivals" of the world. However, according to the believers, farmland that was sprayed with the blessed water of the lake will always prosper...
*This part of the website will introduce a fictitious "Bizarre Festival", freely created by Camp employees, or our associates.
Please note that it is all pure fiction, and enjoy.
海無郡・夜別地方「富水神祭」
九割を山岳地帯が占めるこの
地域では、壮大な自然を崇拝す
る行事が多く伝承されている。
中でも富水神祭は、豊かな水の
恩恵に感謝する由緒ある祭事
である。
その起源は戦国時代にも遡る
と言われ、四年に一度、村の猛
者たちが各々の家に受け継が
れる富水神の衣装を身に纏い、
村の中央部に聳え立つ富水山
の麓にある湖で三日三晩寝ず
に踊り狂い、その年の豊作を祈
願する。
その奇妙な出立ちからいわゆる
「奇祭」に数えられ、富水神
の立てた水しぶきを浴びた者
の農地はよく栄えると古くか
ら言い伝えられているとかい
ないとか……。
WATER GODS FESTIVAL WATER GODS FESTIVAL
※こちらのコーナーはCAMPメンバーや仕事仲間で架空の「奇祭」を自由な発想で形にしたものです。
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