Nachi no Ogi Matsuri, Wakayama
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There are several festivals in Japan that are held in the mountains. They have different charm and power than the lively and gorgeous festival in the city. Among them, “Nachi no Ogi Matsuri Festival” is one of Japan’s three great fire festivals. The state that the men are holding the torches that the fire is burning is going through the stone steps before the famous waterfall “Nachi no Taki” is impressive.
This is a festival known as “Fire Festival of Nachi”, which was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of the country in 2005. Following that designation, it was unified from “Fire Festival of Nachi” to “Nachi no Ogi Matsuri”.
This festival is that the god of waterfall enshrined in Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine goes home to Hiroujinja Shrine once a year. Twelve gods are transferred to Mikoshi, 12 meters high,
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