Senzaki Gion Festival

Senzaki, Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is an old fishing village located on the Japan Sea coast. Every year, the Senzaki Gion Festival is held at Yasaka Shrine in Senzaki. This festival is said to be one of the three major festivals in Otsu, along with the Fukagawa "Akasaki Festival" and the Aburaya "Hitomaru Festival," and has a long tradition. On the 20th, a portable shrine from Yasaka Shrine will depart for Kogion, where it will parade through the town to the shrine. On the final day, the 26th, the portable shrine and floats return from Kogion to Yasaka Shrine. The floats are surrounded by the retro atmosphere of the Showa period (1926-1989), and the dancing of the little dancers on top of the floats creates a time-lapse atmosphere.