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KURAYAMI MATSURI

A Nikon D300 — 1/60s ƒ/10 ISO 800 at 24 mm

N 16 B 7.4K C 0 E May 5, 2009 F May 1, 2012

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KURAYAMI MATSURI

A Nikon D300 — 1/125s ƒ/9 ISO 320 at 52 mm

N 6 B 1.9K C 0 E May 5, 2010 F May 1, 2012

G 日本 > 東京都 > > 府中市 >

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くらやみ祭り

A Nikon D300 — 1/200s ƒ/11 ISO 320 at 18 mm

N 9 B 2.1K C 0 E May 5, 2010 F May 1, 2012

G 日本 > 東京都 > > 府中市 >

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くらやみ祭り

A Nikon D300 — 1/500s ƒ/4.5 ISO 800 at 34 mm

N 25 B 2.9K C 0 E May 5, 2009 F May 1, 2012

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KURAYAMI MATSURI

A Nikon D300 — 1/500s ƒ/4.5 ISO 400 at 42 mm

N 38 B 5.7K C 24 E May 5, 2010 F May 1, 2012

G 日本 > 東京都 > > 府中市 >

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Kurayami Matsuri (Black Night Festival) at Okunitama Shrine in Fuchu on the outskirts of Tokyo. An annual grand Tokyo festival dating back to more than 1900 years.

On the 3rd, komakurabe (demonstration of horseback riding) is held on Keyaki-namiki (street) from 8 p.m. (lasting for about 10 minutes). Eighteen dashi floats are drawn in the town in the daytime on the 3rd and the 4th.

On the 5th, a parade of eight mikoshi portable shrines, some of which weighing as much as a ton each, leaves the shrine at 6 p.m. for Otabisho, a resting place for portable shrines, to arrive there at around 9 p.m. And then, yabusame (horseback archery) is held at the intersection of Kyu-Koshu-kaido (road) and Fuchu-kaido (road) from 11 p.m.

Access:
1. Keio Line from Shinjuku to Fuchu Station and then walk 5 min.
2. JR Nambu or Musashino Line to Fuchu-Hommachi Station and then walk 5 min.

KURAYAMI MATSURI (Japanese)
Ōkunitama Shrine