{"id":2979,"date":"2009-09-18T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T00:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2009-09-06T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T00:28:18","slug":"tenso-jinja-matsuri-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/tenso-jinja-matsuri-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenso Jinja Matsuri – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every time the mikoshi<\/a><\/i> was scheduled to stop somewhere, a guy would appear on a box and begin directing it in to its parking space like someone helping an airplane into the proper gate.<\/p>\n

\"japanese<\/a><\/p>\n

At the end of the day a speech was made which included the admonition to continue these traditions by including the ever-shrinking population of Japanese children in them.<\/p>\n

\"shinto<\/a><\/p>\n

At the first rest spot a Shinto ceremony took place. I wasn’t quite close enough to hear what was said.<\/p>\n

I’ll leave you with a video I took from the first night’s festival. This was my first real video with my TZ7<\/a>. I’ve been a bit underwhelmed by the quality of photos the TZ7 has been taking, but this video came out much better than I was anticipating. Not only were the lighting conditions horrible, but I was far from the stage. However, the sound and video are both very good.<\/p>\n

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