Complete chaos! The Onbashira Festival!
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2016
- Taking you to the wildest festival in Japan with a history of over 1200 years! The Onbashira Festival storms through Nagano every 6 years and wow, is it crazy!!
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A big thanks to Keisuke & Toru for being such wonderful hosts!
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It's like something out of a Studio Ghibli movie. It's nice to see such traditions are still going on.
Oml 😅
I love japanese festivals, how they keep traditions going for years and years, it amazes me how the kids are also involved in the process, you can find little kids, teen and elderly people all united and enjoying themselves
I believe that's an integral part to their long lasting success.
Chikaさん, I was SO SURPRISED to see Keisuke in this video. I was an English teacher at 茅野市の第3高校 when he was a student-teacher! Now he's a full-time teacher there and I'm in Ibaraki Prefecture where I teach at an 英会話 and recommend your videos to my students.
Small world! Such a great surprise to see him in your video. It really made my week. Thanks for that, and for making the festival look so wonderful!
+Jason Downey omg what a delightful surprise! It really is amazing how connected we actually are. Such a small world!
Japan has such wonderful history and traditions, I hope to visit soon! Love from America! :D
That was AMAZING! I don't know why, but I started crying when that little girl started singing. She was adorable. So much power in all of those people working together got me all emotional, I guess.
Chika, thanks for taking so much time and effort to make this video. It is so well crafted, and I know how difficult that is.
What a wonderful and amazing festival! I've never seen or heard of it before and I'm so glad you got the chance to share this with us.
Thank you for making such a great video! This is the best that I've watched about Obnashira! I watch your videos every day to improve the listening skill and look forward to the coming ones!
I think this is my favorite video of yours so far! What an awesome tradition. Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
Thank you so much for the fantatic video, Chika! This festival is wild, but I can really feel the love and hardwork with everyone there!
That was very well done. Seen this festival on NHK world a lot but this was so much more enlightening and the people were so warm and relaxed with you. Sugoi!
This is so cool! I love that you show the different sides of Japan that you don't see everyday. Keep it up!
So amazing! I got chills watching and I was so worried for the people on the logs as they came down the hill and into the water!
Thank you for showing us this amazing festival.
amazing (& dangerous) to see. i can imagine how exciting and scary it is in person - especially the first time. how nice of keisuke & his family to share their hospitality with you! the concept of reinforcing the importance of teamwork in this way and instilling pride in it is truly japanese. i loved seeing this crazy camaraderie and how the spirit is ignited across multiple generations. doumo arigatou gozaimasu for sharing another fabulous experience with us! i love it!
The amount of sheer strength and teamwork in the festival is remarkable, especially getting the log across the river
You can really hear the passion in their voices and see the joy of life in their eyes. If a video like this can't end the idea that the Japanese are too reserved then nothing can. Great video Chika!!
Seems like such a fun and heart-warming time! Thanks for such a cool look into the festival
Wow amazing, it looked so fun and traditional. Glad to see Shinto heritage is still going strong. This is by far the best filmed festival I have seen on youtube. You captured the essence of the people so well in this.
+Summer Smith what a compliment! Thank you!! I hope to share more festivals like this going forth! (although it'll be difficult to find one quite as crazy lol)
Chica, I enjoyed this video a LOT, thank you very much for sharing this. It was entertaining, educational and fun to watch.
Thank you so much for the amazing videos! I become so enlightened and intrigued by you videos! I watch all of your videos! You're doing a fantastic job bringing two completely different cultures together and allowing each to see the beauty in both! Again thank you so much! Truly an inspiration!
Beautiful Festival and In my opinion Japan is the most festive country! Your so kind Chika!
This looks amazing!! Can't wait to hopefully experience it in 6 years! :)
What a beautiful & fun tradition to keep! Could explore & learn for forever around all Japan I swear. They never seem to run out of it.
This looked like a great experience! I think that it's amazing how passionate each town seems like in Japan.
Japan sure have a lot of unique and interesting festivals I haven't yet known of. Thank you for sharing your experience with us! I hope someday I could go back to Japan and watch this directly.
This was soooo interesting to watch!! Everything looks so chaotic, yet theres a sense of love everywhere!
Such a amazing festival!I didn't know how powerful it is even I'm japanese.I can felt the atmosphere by this video.Thank you for making many good videos,I like yours!!This is the first comment despite watching your videos for some years!!
Keep up the good work, i really enjoy learning about Japan and its unique and AMAZING culture, especially if you made a video about it. Been watching you for years and I want you to understand that not only me but many people are eagerly waiting for new videos because we love you so much!
+Jason Erdenetsetseg aw that is so nice of you to say :) your comments always motivate me to keep sharing!
One of your best videos! Thanks for sharing the experience!
This was awesome! Definitely want to check it out when I come back to Japan.
I've been watching your channel for a long time now and each video is just more and more amazing! I will always be here eagerly learning about Japan and it's beautiful culture through you. Thank you so much for bringing this to us in your videos! I look forward to the next one! ‹3
Its on my bucketlist to go to japan and go to all these lovely festivals!!! thanks for always giving us a taste of what its like there. I enjoy your videos so much, very informative and seems so much fun!!
Been going through people's Onbashira video posts trying to find myself pulling one of the pillars! I was there for both Shimosuwa and Kamisuwa Yamadashi portion of Onbashira! I was one of the very rare non-Japanese Shinto pilgrims that came specifically for this.
It felt honored to be invited to even just be pulling after the pillar falls-- because I told quite a number of people I came as a pilgrim and well ... next thing I knew, I was given rope and was suddenly pulling a huge pillar behind me with everyone else. As apparently one of the first non-Japanese pilgrims. So I am forever in gratitude for Suwa's hospitality and generosity in being invited. (I didn't know if I could at least pull-- I was there to watch and then well, I got more than I bargained for!). So haha, yeah, I'm going to be trying my best to return again in 2022. I felt close even though I came from so far (Virginia, USA) and with a gigantic language barrier.
And I remember the stoplight fail at the Kamisuwa side next to the overpass on the way to the river crossing. I was confused going "really, it's ... it's *_stuck_* with _that_? You all done this for how long and _how_?" But somehow they rearranged us at the pulling side and managed to get the pillar through. All in laughs and fun.
Nevertheless, I have enjoyed your commentary and your video! Thank you for doing this!
Almost forgot to watch this, but I'm glad I had a slow afternoon so I could watch it. It's so fascinating that Japan has so many festivals and old traditions. I've seen videos of the trees sliding down the hills but never knew the rest of the story. Thanks Chika for the video! If you make videos of all festivals in Japan you'll never run out of things to make videos of.
The heat of the festival is the really best! The festival makes people feel better! Chika, your smile and signature of thumb is the very best! thank you for a nice video!
Love the traditional festival that brings everyone together. Awesome video showing us the whole festival celebration, learning more about japan festival. Would love to watch more of this videos! =D
So exciting you are having so much fun @ Onbashira Festival!
This was such an interesting video! Thank you for sharing this wonderful tradition with us!
Very interesting Matsuri! I love the fact that it's only every 6 years, I feel that makes it so much more special! Thanks for the video!
+Hope San I was looking for interesting festivals in Japan one day and found this one and was like "oh it looks so cool, but it only happens every 6 years... wait! It's this year!" and then 2 days later Keisuke emailed me (had never met him before) telling me he'd show me around so if I wanted to come vlog about it!
This is so iteresting amd the get together looks like sooo much fun!
It was such an interesting video, seeing how connected they are makes me even more eager to visit Japan some day.
It is amazing to see all these festivals and how the people in the community get involved.
How is it I am only just discovering this channel now!? What a fantastic video and what an amazing festival that is! Although the people screaming 「動け！動け！！！」 Were terrifying haha.
Interesting festival! Love your videos as always, Chika!!
One of the best videos I've seen in a long time, that was so freakin incredible!!! Just crazy!
+Logan Bewley aw thank you! That makes me so happy!
Thank you very much Toru-san , Keisuke-san and Chika-San. I enjoyed the festival in your guidance:) I want to go to someday see the festival！
wow what a crazy festival indeed ! thank you so much for sharing with us this experience it sure was special :)
Haha such a shot when they pulled the log down into the river -the chaos that ensued right after was amazing too! 😂 thank you for such an informative yet interesting video!
Impressive video Chika!! :) Hoping for more festivals video in the future!!
+Ken Lai This was my first real Japanese festival and I definitely want to go to more!!
"OMG it's a deer!" lol! I love the japanese shrine architecture it's great to see how the people still worship them, too. I wish we had traditions like that here aswell.
I really think that this festival brings the people together since it is such a big festival. Although it is a bit dangerous, but I think that's what keeps the spirit there.
Thank you for sharing such an incredible moment! I wish I could have the luck to be there.
Amazing video, and easy to understand, my love for Japan is GROWING.
So beautiful. I loved it. ありがとう ありがとう ありがとう！
This made me so excited for my trip.
Awesome video. Adding this to my list of things to do in Japan. Thanks for taking us to the journey.
Loved the video! Recenly found the channel when needing footage for a presentation on Shinto in my Japanese Culture class. Been really enjoying them! Arigato! :D
+Jordan Snobbygnu thanks for finding me :) glad you're enjoying the videos!
This was amazing experience to see and learn about!!
Amazing!! Looks like it was a lot of fun!
I love all the videos on the slightly more obscure parts of Japan. Although I love Tokyo, I enjoy learning about all the other areas of Japan! Hopefully, I'll be able to venture into those places in the future.
WOW 😀😀 This was crazily AWESOME to watch!! Really awesome 😮😀😀 Hope to watch that with my own eyes one day 🙏🏽
Much love from Italy!
thankyou for sharing sooo many interesting and wonderful places of japan! i feels like really in japan because your hosting is so friendly and your video is clean :3 i really want to go there as soo as i have a chance TTTT
Thank you for sharing such and amazing event. It was wonderful to watch something that reminds young people about tradition.
Awesome video! Really enjoyed it.
This is just amazing to see such teamwork! I literally gasped when the pillar hit the water though.
Great coverage of an awesome festival! I bet those guys get a great work out dragging that log all over the town lol. Again, thanks for the great video!
It was really lovely seeing the children leading the prayer song.
Japanese Festivals always looks like so much fun and so much great food! Thanks so much Chika for sharing this so we can all watch it! ‹3
That was crazy! It'd be really cool to see this in person, so much energy!
Its very interesting to learn about the different festivals in Japan! Your videos are awesome!! ^-^
That's really cool to see! We don't have any crazy festival here in the Netherlands, so thank you for sharing your experience :)
the festival looks like so much fun
Very much enjoyed this Festival with you and your friends, Chika! Much love from the Rocky Top Border in Tennessee! ‹3
So cool! I hope I can go to Japan one day to see it...or at least visit the shrine!
Thank you for your videos, this one was really inspiring! I love learning about Japanese culture being Japanese-American myself. I love seeing traditional Japanese things.
This looks so exciting. Way more intense than mikoshi for sure!
This looks insane!! I'm sure it was a wonderful experience though, the family atmosphere looked so nice~ :)
This is amazing, I need to go there in 2022.
Thank you for sharing with us this amazing Japanese Tradition! ❤️❤️❤️
Wow, crazy video. Looks like it was a lot of fun!
Love japanese festivals, I leave there for three years and as the Mayor said, it is all about team work and relationships. Live this gideo Chika thank you! I remember my life in there every of your videos, they help me to mentaly flight there thanks!!!!
Love it. Keep up your good work!
One of the biggest reasons I love Japanese culture and the Japanese people, all the kind faces and beautiful spirit of the people! Thank you Chika!! and all the people in the Onbashira festival! bow!
I have always been fascinated by Japan's culture
This was so interesting to see! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, it's incredible how that giant log is pulled so far! It's great to see such an involved tradition still alive today!
The day was so great! I also made it down to Shimosuwa the following week, and the kiotoshi there is so much steeper :O
(I was one of the foreigners at Keisuke's place that Sunday)! Awesome video Chika :D
Amazing atmosphere! Love it
This is so cool! Wish I had something like this to look forward to in the area I live in!
This video is great!! I feel as though I was standing in there! btw, Mr.KEISUKE is very cool!!
Great video! Hope to see more like this in the future.
+InTrebleNow you definitely will!
What an amazing festival :) gotta be there next time!
Great video, festival looks amazing :)
That looked like so much fun.
This sounds like a blast! I'll try to be living in Japan for the next one!
Quality video! saw a brief clip of this on NHK World but it's wonderful to get a more in depth video. Well put together too, thanks to all involved 👍
+Christopher Woods Glad you liked it :) Wouldn't have been able to get this close to the action with Keisuke and Toru!
Japanagos（ジャパナゴス） only problem is now you've raised the bar for all future videos ;)
+Christopher Woods oh, great!
This looks super fun.
I love to learn more about matsuri! I can understand more and more about Japan because of your videos! Thank you ‹3
目茶凄い!! I loved the little girl singing. I just came back from Japan and I had lots of fun at the Yuki Matsuri but nothing even remotely close to THIS o_o Thanks for sharing this amazing festival and all your japanese lessons. You have a fan in Argentina.
This seems like such a strange tradition, but a really beautiful one, in the way it brings people together (i hope everyone was ok this year and not too many people got hurt)
Your channel is so great. I've been using this for the clases that I teach. Thank you so much for this great tools.
Greetings from Mexico :)
In the Philippines, there's the Pagoda Festival. A cross is set on a pagoda, which is then put the sail down a river. The festival usually draws in soo many people from around the country, and unfortunately resulted in the drowning of several hundred at one time.