Japanese Tree Riding
A look at the 2010 onbashira festival in suwa nagano japan.
Japanese tree riding. The mihashira or onbashira japanese. Coming out of the mountains the source of the onbashira are 200 year old japanese fir trees sixteen of which are carefully selected for harvest come time for the festival. Japanese tree riding festival. Onbashira which translates to the honorable pillars attracts thousands.
Does anyone have a link to video footage of the japanese log riding festival onbashira. Its where the japanese ride a giant log down a hill and get worked doing it. Every six years the suwa area in central nagano celebrates the onbashira festival. Enjoy and leave a like.
These trees move fast. Onbashira the honored pillars are large tree trunks that sit in the four corners of the four shrine complexes of suwa taisha the suwa grand shrine. Japanese tree riding festival. Held once every 6 years this festival celebrates the bringing of huge logs from mt.
Japanese tree riding festival.
