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Onbashira Festival 2010
Trip of The Sacred, Huge logs in 2010．
Suwa Grand Shrine Festival has 1,200 years' history.
It is held in every six years, Monkey and Tiger.
People in Suwa were prepared for this Tiger year of 2010.
They are very religious and believe God of Onbashira sincerely.
Bad luck, bad weather, and various disasters will come if they mistreat God.

Show here the 3 days march of Honmiya-4's trip, from mountain to town.
The sacred huge log "Honmiya-4" carry about 13km long by man-power only.

Preparation ［Make up］ for The Sacred logs Trip

Onbashira Honmiya 4, name of this sacred log, is 13m long, 2.4m circle, and weigh over 6 ton. March 31,2010.

First day of The Trip Apr. 2, 2010.

9:00am.the march powered 1000 people start to downward in heavy rain with fog.

　
1 hour after People are splashed with mud, and their fever boil out steam around the sacred log.

After 3 hour Honmiya-4 bring out of forest into the fields, rising up steam instead of rain.

Lunch time
Service Point Water, wine, milk, light meal are served at road side for marching people.

The second day march

Man-power was up, because people gathered great number as its turned fine. But where marching root
went into a village, Honmiya-4 meets many obstacles, electric wire, end of roof, house fence and big
sharp curve. So Honmiya-4 gain a few kiro-meter advance in this day..

The third day The sacred log Honmiya-4 slide down slope and closing river.

Ceremony before Kiotoshi ( slide down Kiotoshi-slope)

Smoke caused by fire-work. It's not a cloud of dust.

People cried for joy "Yoisa! Yoisa!"

River water was about five degrees.

People, men and women, young and old pull hard their cord together, for drawing up Honmiya-4 from
river bank.
Here is the end terminal of 3 days march "Onbashia Yashiki".
The sacred log Onbashira stay here for a month, and will continue more 3 days march to the grand
shrine Suwataisha kamisha. That trip is called Satohiki Fest. on May. 　