
#YASU IN JAPANESE PORTABLE#
Some 30 portable shrines and taiko drum floats converge at the shrine where they parade up and down the tree-lined path from around noon to 4 pm.
May 5: Hyozu Matsuri Festival 兵主祭 - Major spring festival held at Hyozu Taisha Shrine. Early April - Sakura Matsuri さくらまつり - Cherry blossom festival at Karyoku Koen Park at the foot of Mt. 25: Hiwatari Shinji (Fire-walking Ceremony) 火渡り神事 - Held at Sugawara Shrine. Mikami New Year's Climb 三上山初登山大会 - Climb the mountain to see the New Year's first sunrise (hi node). Yasu's official mascot: Dotaku-kun, based on a bronze bell. Note that the bus schedule is infrequent. Turn right into the intersecting road and walk 10 min. Take the bus bound for Murata Seisakusho and get off at Ooshinohara (大篠原). bus ride from JR Yasu Station, south exit. The Honden main hall is a National Treasure.
Osasahara Jinja Shrine 大笹原神社 - Established during the Muromachi Period. is a national holiday, and closed on Tue. Google Map Hours: 9 am to 5 pm, closed Mon. You can ask the museum about the bus times to go back. The bus stop to go back to Yasu Station is up the slope on the other side of the road where you got off. From the bus stop, cross the road to get to the museum. From JR Yasu Station's South exit (Minami-guchi), take a bus going to Karyoku Koen (花緑公園) or Murata Seisakusho (via Nishi Gate 西ゲート経由 村田製作所行き) and get off at Dotaku Hakubutsukan-mae (銅鐸博物館前). There is also a small park called Yayoi no Mori Rekishi Koen (弥生の森歴史公園) displaying replicas of Yayoi Period huts. (The real one is in the Tokyo National Museum.) Yasu's official mascot named Dotaku-kun is modeled after an ancient bronze bell. One of the bells was the largest ever found in Japan. Dotaku Museum 銅鐸博物館 (Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan 歴史民俗博物館) - Modern museum mainly displaying replicas and genuine bronze bells (called dotaku in Japanese) unearthed on a Ooiwayama (大岩山) mountain near the museum in 18. Or take a taxi (costing about 2,000 yen from Yasu Station). Take the Yoshikawa Line and get off at Hyozu Taisha-mae. A short bus ride from JR Yasu Station's North Exit. The shrine also holds a major festival on May 5 called Hyozu Matsuri with 30 portable shrines paraded within the shrine grounds. Hyozu Taisha Shrine 兵主大社 - Established in 717 (Nara Period), this shrine's Japanese garden is designated as one of Japan's most famous. It also conducts the annual Rice-planting Festival in late May. Mikami Jinja Shrine 御上神社 - Shinto shrine near the foot of Mt. Kibogaoka Bunka Park 希望が丘文化公園 - Large prefectural park with grassy lawn, shallow stream, playgrounds, sports facilities, tennis courts, softball field, gardens, seminar facilities, etc. Lodging facilities, walking trails, playgrounds, and workshops are also provided. In spring, the cherries bloom in the botanical gardens. Mikami and Kibogaoka Bunka Park, this prefectural park (also called Omi-Fuji Green Acres) is about flowers and greenery. Omi-Fuji Karyoku Koen Park 近江富士花緑公園 - Sandwiched between the foot of Mt.
Hidesato and the Monster Centipede on Mt. From there, you can start going up the steep or less steep trail. From Yasu Station, take a short bus ride to Yamade-mae (or walk for 40 min.). There is a steep trail (Front Mountain Path or Omote Tozando) and a less steep trail (Back Mountain Path or Ura Tozando) which takes longer to go up. An elevation of 432 meters makes it a fairly easy climb to the top, taking 40-80 min. Mikami-yama is a sacred mountain belonging to Mikami Shrine near the foot. Fuji) since its conical shape resembles Mt.
Mikami 三上山(近江富士) - Nicknamed "Omi-Fuji" (Shiga's Mt. Yasu also boasts Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Bunka Park, a huge and a great place to play and be with nature. Yasu was also where Japan's largest ancient bronze bells were unearthed in 18. Mikami Shrine and Hyozu Taisha Shrine are the city's major Shinto shrines. Famous locally for the legend about the giant centipede occupying the mountain until a brave warrior named Hidesato from Seta Karahashi in Otsu killed it. It is a fairly easy climb to the summit at 432 meters. Mikami, alias Omi-Fuji, a conical mountain. Yasu (野洲市 Yasu-shi) is a city in southeastern Shiga Prefecture on the shore of Lake Biwa. Omi-Hachiman, Moriyama, Ritto, Konan, Ryuo-cho
Mikami, Local high school won the national high school soccer championship in Jan. Shiga Prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu island, JAPAN