{"id":227,"date":"2007-09-02T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/02\/unexpected-jiyugaoka-portable-shrine-festival\/"},"modified":"2007-09-02T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-02T05:10:00","slug":"unexpected-jiyugaoka-portable-shrine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/02\/unexpected-jiyugaoka-portable-shrine-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"(Unexpected) Jiyugaoka Portable Shrine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entryimage\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/1320810368\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1077\/1320810368_ceefcdaff9_m.jpg\" alt=\"Portable Shrine for the ladies\"\/><br \/>\nPortable Shrine for the ladies<br \/>\n<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/1320804046\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1406\/1320804046_c4b62f5e6c_m.jpg\" alt=\"Jiyugaoka Crowd\"\/><br \/>\nJiyugaoka Crowd<br \/>\n<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/1319911721\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1120\/1319911721_f6cf6534d2_m.jpg\" alt=\"Priests\"\/><br \/>\nPriests at the station<br \/>\n<P\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/sets\/72157601859922791\/\">Entire Jiyugaoka Festival set<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the things that I have really come to look forward to is a weekend routine that I&#8217;ve fallen into over the past few months.  I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/?postid=184\">posted previously about reading Japanese novels<\/a>, and have continued to try to struggle through another book.  The current book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/\u6d77\u8fba\u306e\u30ab\u30d5\u30ab\u3008\u4e0a\u3009-\u6751\u4e0a-\u6625\u6a39\/dp\/4103534133\">Murakami Haruki&#8217;s <i>Kafka by the Sea<\/i><\/a> is significantly harder to read.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, on the weekends I usually go to get lunch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doutor.co.jp\/exc\/\">Excelsior<\/a>, a local coffee shop in Jiyugaoka.  I like the caf\u00e9 in front of the station, which has a large seating area on the second floor with a wide window that gives a nice view of the plaza.  I also look forward to their &#8220;Four Cheese and Mushroom&#8221; sandwich along with a hot chocolate.  I usually spend about an hour reading, maybe an hour and half if I am interested in the story, and then I wander around Jiyugaoka (usually hit the arcade for a game of Street Fighter II) and bike back home.<\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>This particular Sunday, I was a little surprised because there was a nice wooden stage built up in the center of the plaza, which usually happens when a festival is being held.  Not too much longer, and a whole bunch of shouting and chanting people round the corner carrying a portable shrine (Mikoshi, \u795e\u8f3f).  I&#8217;ve blogged about other festivals with portable shrines before as well, most notably the <a href=\"http:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/?postid=202\">Asakusa Sanjya Matsuri<\/a>, but this one was interesting to me because it is a local festival.  These portable shrines all came from somewhere nearby, a temple that I can go visit.  Nice.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>I spent about an hour and a half eating lunch, reading, and watching the festival.  It worked out very well because I finished a complete chapter in one sitting.  I think it was just a short chapter though.  At the pace I&#8217;m currently reading at, I should be finished in another six months.  <\/p>\n<p><P\/><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of things that I like about Japan (and a number of things that I do not!)  These random, everyday occurrences brighten up my days.  <\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portable Shrine for the ladies Jiyugaoka Crowd Priests at the station Entire Jiyugaoka Festival set One of the things that I have really come to look forward to is a weekend routine that I&#8217;ve fallen into over the past few months. 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