Tenjin Matsuri Festival in Osaka

The Tenjin Matsuri Festival is the biggest festival in Osaka. The celebrations include a land processio, a boat procession, and then fireworks.

tenji01 — Food stalls line the streets by the river.

tenji02 — The land parade. When I am near the parade route, I hear women dancing. Too bad I miss it, because the rest of it isn’t as rowdy. Though, I prefer the music at this festival more than the one in Kyoto. It’s more mellow and sort of suspenseful.

tenji03 — The lanterns are covered in plastic bags. Chance of rain that day.

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tenji06 — Similar to the one in Kyoto, they spin the shrine 3 times (maybe more) at the street corners.

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After the parade, the participants head to the river and the boat processions continue up the river. For some reason, I think there will be fancy, decorated boats, but there aren’t.

tenji08 — Tug boats with a lot of people.

tenji09 — There are a lot of spectators too. There are fireworks in the end too, but unfortunately, these spectators and I choose the wrong spot. Barely saw any smoke. I heard it was fantastic. :(

tenji10 — This is the type of boat I was expecting for the boat procession.

tenji12 — Much wider than a dragon boat.

boat — The shrine being carried up the river and back.

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