Miyakojima Matsuri (Japanese Festival)

Miyakojima Matsuri (Japanese Festival)

Matsuri (祭り)is the Japanese word for festival, and here in Miyajima (a small island near Okinawa) there are a lot of them. Miyako matsuri is a matsuri held for the celebration of summer and to officially acknowledge the new “Miss Miyako”.  There is also a carrying of an omikoshi (a portable shrine carried on the [...]

July 26th, 2009 by Nick