
Confucius no Sato Cherry Blossom Festival
It is crowded with many people every year as a cherry blossom spot. During the cherry blossom festival, local products are sold.
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It is crowded with many people every year as a cherry blossom spot. During the cherry blossom festival, local products are sold.
Shahna is a traditional event dedicated to Confucius and his main disciple. It is also designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of the prefecture. During the festival, seven types of food and amazake are offered to the statue of Confucius and his disciples while the dedication [Kenkan] and the priest [Sakan] dressed in Chinese and Ming-era festival uniforms are playing gagaku. After the "shakuna", the "Confucius Festival" is held, which features the dance of shakuna, the waist drum, and the lion dance. After the ceremony, the statue of Confucius and the painting of the dragon on the ceiling can be seen inside the mausoleum. * The content may change depending on the situation.
An important cultural monument of the country, the celebration event of Takushō Shuseisai, is still in lore today, more than 300 years old since the creation of the temple. The ceremony is rigorously officiated amid the performance of Gagaku, with a priest dressed in Chinese "Ming" period attire offering to a statue of Confucius and four high-level brothers. Ten o'clock ~.
An event to interact between “maker” and “user” through the pottery city. In addition to the pottery city, where the sale of Yoshida-yaki ceramics is held immediately, the Rakuyaki experience (painting) corner is also set up, so you can get acquainted with Hizen-Yoshida-yaki.
Asahi-Oka Park, a venue that has also been selected as one of Japan's top 100 historical parks, is known as one of the three largest cherry blossom spots in Saga Prefecture. During the cherry blossom festival, it is crowded with many flower visitors and you can also enjoy lighting up the cherry blossoms at night.
The cherry blossoms are gregarious in the area around the pond which extends near the entrance gate and on the left side of the "Azalea Valley" under the cliffs of Mount Mifune. The light-up is based on the fantastic symmetry created by the water mirror of the flower and the pond, and the contrast with the cherry blossom garden that spreads at the base against the background of the rock surface of Mt. Cherry blossoms such as Yamazakura, Yoshino Yoshino, Oshima zakura and Yaezakura, 200,000 azaleas such as Mitsuba, Kurume and Hirado (Yodogawa), an estimated 170-year-old Oto near Hagino Ochaya, and a relay of flowers from early spring to early summer will be held.
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