Japanese Tree Riding
Onbashira which translates to the honorable pillars attracts thousands.
Japanese tree riding. Coming out of the mountains the source of the onbashira are 200 year old japanese fir trees sixteen of which are carefully selected for harvest come time for the festival. Japanese tree riding festival. Its where the japanese ride a giant log down a hill and get worked doing it. These trees move fast.
A look at the 2010 onbashira festival in suwa nagano japan. Enjoy and leave a like. Does anyone have a link to video footage of the japanese log riding festival onbashira. Onbashira the honored pillars are large tree trunks that sit in the four corners of the four shrine complexes of suwa taisha the suwa grand shrine.
Japanese tree riding festival. Every six years the suwa area in central nagano celebrates the onbashira festival. The mihashira or onbashira japanese.
Japanese tree riding festival.