May 23, 2013 - 1 min read

Mantou Mitama Festival in Photos

100 "miko" shrine maidens dance by lantern light

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100 local ladies become shrine maidens for the evening to dance in at Hiroshima Gokoku-jinja Shrine (Photo: GetHiroshima)
Mantou Mitama Festival in Photos
100 local ladies become shrine maidens for the evening to dance in at Hiroshima Gokoku-jinja Shrine (Photo: GetHiroshima)

100 miko shrine maidens dance by lantern light on the first night of the Mantou Mitama Matsuri at Hiroshima Gokoku-jinja Shrine. Japanese taiko drum and kagura dance are also performed at this festival to assuage the spirits of the war dead enshrined here.

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100 local ladies become shrine maidens for the evening to dance in at Hiroshima Gokoku-jinja Shrine (Photo: <a href="http://www.gethiroshima.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">GetHiroshima</a>)
Gokoku-jinja Shrine is decorated with hundreds of lanterns (Photo: <a href="http://www.gethiroshima.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">GetHiroshima</a>)
Things begin with a ceremony in the main shrine building (Photo: <a href="http://www.gethiroshima.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">GetHiroshima</a>)
Then a ritual lightng of the "kagaribi" (Photo: <a href="http://www.gethiroshima.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">GetHiroshima</a>)
The first of the dances begin just before dusk (Photo: <a href="http://www.gethiroshima.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">GetHiroshima</a>)
And as the light fades (Photo: <a href="http://www.gethiroshima.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">GetHiroshima</a>)
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