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	Matsuri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Participants carry the mikoshi during the spring and autumn matsuri of the shrine.
		Favorite elements of the most popular matsuri, such as the Nada Kenka Matsuri of Himeji or the Neputa Matsuri of Hirosaki, are often broadcast on television for the entire nation to enjoy.
		Some examples of famous matsuri are the Jidai, Aoi and Gion Matsuri held in Kyoto; the Isemachi Matsuri of Nakanojo, Gunma; and the Kanda, Sanno and Sanja Matsuri of Tokyo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matsuri (333 words)

	Matsuri and Street Plays
		After some years of apparent neglect this matsuri was revived in the sixteenth century by Oda Nobunaga (1533-1582); and from that time floats for dancers seem gradually to have been replaced by yama, platforms carried upon the shoulders of many bearers for the display of various scenes in tableau.
		From this old record it is evident that the custom of matsuri had become well established in Otsu by the beginning of the seventeenth century, that the populace were responsible for its success, and that the simplest of mimic dances were thought worthy of a place therein.
		It is not known which of these matsuri is the older; but natural supposition leads one to think that the first actors were children, or adults, and that the introduction of the dolls may have been in imitation of the doll theatres, of which we shall have occasion to speak later.
	www.theatrehistory.com /asian/japanese001.html (2191 words)

	Top Tastes - Travel
		The roots of the word Matsuri are found in the verb "matsu", which means to wait, to invite or to be submissive.
		Gion Matsuri began as an attempt to calm the angry deity and to halt the epidemic.
		Matsuri in Hawaii was originally intended as a cultural bridge: visiting participants from Japan would be able to enjoy the familiarity of Japanese music, crafts, traditions, and foods, while Hawaii residents and other visitors would gain a deeper appreciation of Japanese sensibilities and cultural heritage.
	www.toptastes.com /travel/aug02/matsuri.htm (1039 words)

	Welcome to Matsuri Japanese Restaurant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 24th of October in 1990 marked the launch of Matsuri Japanese Takeaway in Hay Street, Perth.
		Several other Matsuri outlets were opened nearby, until the recent relocation to the current premises in the QV1 building.
		Matsuri was designed by Architect Michael Roxby, and combines contemporary style with an oriental feel.
	www.matsuri.com.au /about.html (213 words)

	Festivals & Holidays
		For presiding a "matsuri" the worshiper must condition himself be observing a taboo, purifying himself by bathing in water and concentrate himself in spirit.
		More and more non-scheduled, extraordinary "matsuris" came to be observed, as the ages advanced, upsetting their old established procedures, for they could not be prepared for, as in case of the regular "matsuris".
		In the "matsuri" of a shrine the "kami" is moved to the place of service on a "mikoshi" palanquin, which is usually described as a miniature shrine or portable shrine in English.
	mothra.rerf.or.jp /ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/24.html (1437 words)

	Hounen Matsuri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hounen Matsuri (Japanese for Harvest Festival) aka "Japanese Penis Festival" [1]is a fertility festival celebrated every year on March 15 in Japan.
		Hounen means rich harvest in Japanese, while a matsuri is a festival or holiday.
		The Hounen festival and ceremony celebrate the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hounen_Matsuri (315 words)

	Matsuri - Amma - New York Restaurant Review
		Matsuri is that rarest of things: a grand, lavishly decorated Japanese restaurant where the food lives up to the room.
		Matsuri’s entrance, via a single red door on the side of the hotel, is unpretentious in the classic Japanese manner, although once inside, you’re met with a majestic movie-set panorama.
		At Matsuri, however, chef Tadashi Ono (formerly of La Caravelle and the esoteric Japanese restaurant Sono) serves his beef cold, cut in rich, slim rectangles, each one tipped with a refreshing drop of mustard vinaigrette (made Japanese-style with happozu sauce).
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/food/reviews/restaurant/n_9575 (1056 words)

	Japanese Culture - Entertainment - Festivals
		Matsuri fall into two broad categories - smaller matsuri in rural areas, usually held in spring or autumn and based around the rice-growing cycle; and extravagant matsuri held in large towns or cities, often in summer and with a lot of interpersonal activity.
		Most community matsuri have omikoshi, or portable shrines which are carried from house to house or shop to shop to bestow good fortune on all.
		Together with Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and Tokyo's Kanda Matsuri, this festival in Osaka is considered one of the "big three" in Japan.
	www.japan-zone.com /culture/festival.shtml (760 words)

	December Festivals in Japan - Japanese Culture
		Matsuri have their roots in the Shinto faith.
		Over the years, matsuri have remained as spiritual ceremonies either for communing with the kami (deities), purification rites, praying for good health, bountiful harvests or to ward off natural disasters.
		Matsuri contain both spiritual celebrations as well as opportunities for communities to celebrate with one another, relax and play games - like a town picnic.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art37464.asp (413 words)

	SUSHI MATSURI - welcome to Sushi Matsuri Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar
		The Arizona Matsuri event in Pheonix (next year it's held on Saturaday February 22nd/23rd) included Japanese performances, art, arts/crafts/, martial arts, food, and music The festival is always open to the public, free of charge.
		In Hawaii, Honalulu's 23rd annual Pan-pacific Matsuri is st for June 7-10th 2002.
		If you want to get the flavor of an authentic Matsuri, the Bon Odori Summer Festival at the Morikami Museum and Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida is the closest.
	www.matsuritime.com /matsuri.htm (1097 words)

	Amazon.com: Matsuri!: Japanese Festival Arts (Textile Series, 6): Books: Gloria Gonick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The historical importance of matsuri within the cycle of annual religious events in Japan is also reflected in the representation of these festivals in several pictorial forms, from lavish screen paintings to elegant woodblock prints.
		Many of the examples illustrated date from the Meiji period (1868-1912), the last time when handwork was produced by individual artisans for their own use or that of their neighbors.
		At matsuri a cascade of beautifully crafted garments in vibrant hues meets the eyes, foregrounded distinctly against the hushed simplicity of the Shinto shrine.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0930741927?v=glance (940 words)

	Festivals & Holidays
		This is the reason why the Gion Matsuri is considered to be a festival of the common people, and not one of the privileged classes.
		Gion Matsuri is an annual festival of Yasaka Jinja (Gion is an old name of this shrine), and it is one of the three biggest local festivals in Japan.
		But among these, Gion Matsuri is the most famous because of its gay atmosphere and long history, reproduced on a grand scale.
	mothra.rerf.or.jp /ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/54.html (1793 words)

	Japundit » Matsuri
		Sapporo’s Yuki Matsuri — Snow Matsuri — may get all of the international press, and rightly so because of its incredible colossal snow sculptures that dwarf visitors, but neighboring Otaru has a snow festival of its own that, while small and humble, shines or rather gleams in its own right.
		At noon the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of Ages) is held in central Kyoto.
		Learning the ins and outs of matsuri culture begins at an early age, and even for Japanese students overseas, the drive and dream is evident.
	japundit.com /archives/category/matsuri (14668 words)

	Lesson Plan - Hana Matsuri (Buddha's Birthday)
		The Japanese people are incredibly proper in their everyday lives, therefore it is very shocking and amazing to see them at a matsuri.
		The Hana Matsuri is a religious holiday that, as you may see, can be compared to the way many Christians celebrate Christmas.
		We are studying the Hana Matsuri in Social Studies.
	teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/work.html (2154 words)

	Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts -- ThingsAsian Article
		In her introduction, Gloria Granz Gonick describes in great detail, the spirit of the matsuri celebrations, and traces the history of Japanese matsuri from their "earliest beginnings of communal life in Japan," through the shogunate era to the Meiji restoration and their continued reenactment in contemporary Japan.
		In the chapter entitled "The Sacred and the Profane in Matsuri Structures," Yo-Ichiro Hakomori examines the subtleties of space and construction inherent in the portable matsuri shrines.
		With matsuri as metaphor, Hakomori examines the physical as well as the abstract structure and symbolism of all their various elements, thus offering the reader much deeper insight beyond the mere visual experience.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.2230.html (1123 words)

	Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association
		The matsuri featured stage performances, martial arts demonstrations, and exhibits.
		In 2000 we presented a 2-day matsuri featuring guest artists from Japan along with a multitude of local area performers and artisans.
		The 2002 Program featured martial arts demonstrations, performing arts performances and workshops, cultural art and craft exhibits, demonstrations and workshops; Japanese food cooking demonstrations and food stalls, a Japanese demonstration teahouse measuring 17 feet x 17 feet were erected with tea ceremony demonstrations and tea sampling.
	www.enma.org /pastevents/indexpagepastevents.htm (557 words)

	The Maritime Hotel
		Matsuri, with Chef Tadashi Ono’s noted cuisine, is a celebration of Japanese food.
		Fresh fish and organic grains are flown in daily from Japan.
		The menu has more than 200 kinds of sake, including Daruma, a special house sake made by a renowned sake brewer.
	www.themaritimehotel.com /matsuri.html (72 words)

	Matsuri
		So although it is difficult to generalize about matsuri, one thing is certain: they are a wonderful cultural experience and if you have the opportunity, you definitely should not miss the chance to make merry at a matsuri.
		And during summer festivals such as firworks matsuri or the O-Bon dances, participants often come in yukata, the summer kimono.
		Special mikoshi are paraded through the streets in a relatively somber and dignified manner, contrasting sharply with the wildness of the Danjiri Matsuri.
	www.geocities.com /somtamara/Matsuri.html (538 words)

	Matsuri Restaurant - - Upcoming Events!!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Come to Matsuri for a re-invigorating sushi dinner after a long day working the show.
		Matsuri on the spotlight!, featuring in the Baltimore Magazine website under 2005 Best of Baltimore - Food and Drink section.
		Check us out at http://www.baltimoremag.com/ Providing the best Japanese cuisine and largest sake selection in Baltimore for over ten years, Matsuri welcomes you to visit us for lunch or dinner.
	www.matsuri.us /events.html (502 words)

	Hadaka Matsuri Getting Naked...In Japan...In January -- ThingsAsian Article
		As a purification ritual, these intrepid souls, submerged in a pool of near- freezing water, prostrate themselves against huge blocks of ice as they pray to the gods for good health and for the safety of their families in the coming year.
		Perhaps the most famous and widely attended of these Hadaka Matsuri is the one held in the city of Inazawa in Aichi Prefecture on the south-central coast of Honshu near the metropolis of Nagoya.
		Another January 15 Hadaka Matsuri festival is the 800-year-old celebration in the town of Nagasu in the Kumamoto Prefecture of Kyushu.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.1853.html (1879 words)

	Windows on Asia
		Honours the deities of the Hie Shrine in Tokyo.
		Although the word matsuri is always translated as 'festival', some festivals and holidays are more correctly included in the nenchu gyoji or annual events originally observed by the Imperial court.
		These observances are mostly of Chinese or Buddhist origin but as most Japanese don't really consider their religious significance, they also don't distinguish them from matsuri.
	www.isp.msu.edu /asianStudies/wbwoa/eastasia/Japan/events.html (1285 words)

	Location of the matsuri... - Official Anime Expo Forums
		Last year, the matsuri was held in the parking lot of the Marriot (I believe).
		Anyways, there's a good chance, well, more than a good chance that Matsuri will be indoors this year, simply for the reasons that Kunai mentioned in his previous post.
		The matsuri was pretty much, "in the wrong place" What about that lot that was under construction last year, is it still like that, or is it done, maybe it could be there.
	forums.anime-expo.org /index.php?showtopic=46 (1254 words)

	Hina Matsuri from Rumela's Web
		Hina matsuri is also called Momo no Sekku which means festival of peach.
		At the top is always the dolls of the emperor and empress with a miniature gilded screen placed behind them, very much like how it is in the imperial court.
		Miniature lacquered dinner sets, tea ceremony utensils, musical instruments, palanquins and other furnishings of court life are also displayed for extra authenticity, and with a folding screen in place behind the emperor and empress and two lanterns on either side, the hina dolls are indeed a sight to behold.
	www.rumela.com /events/hina_matsuri.htm (586 words)

	Welcome to Matsuri Japanese Restaurant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Whether for a business lunch, an evening meal or a romantic dinner for two, Matsuri provides an atmosphere and an experience to remember.
		From the moment you enter the door, you will know your time is going to be special.
		And as you begin, your tastebuds revel in the flavours.
	www.matsuri.com.au (127 words)

	GMAN: Azabu Juban Matsuri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I've stumbled upon a few before especially near the temple in Shinjuku but probably the #1 thing about a Japanese Matsuri is all the food and since I found the other matsuris by accident and I had already eaten and didn't really feel like partaking in the festivities (ie, eating lots more).
		Where as most Matsuris are sponsored by various temples and the matsuri itself takes place around the temple the Azabu Juban Matsuri is not related to a temple.
		I don't know it's history but one of my friends said she thinks it's the largest matsuri in terms of booths which all Japanese matsuris have.
	www.greggman.com /japan/matsuri/matsuri.htm (2058 words)

	Matsuri High Holborn London - Restaurant Review and Information
		Matsuri's presents a modern face to the world, its corner location all glass to let passers by gaze in at the cool little bar and the room where a small (compared to, say, Yo!
		The food is cooked at the table on large hot plate while diners sit around the edge of a semi-circle.
		Matsuri’s Teppan-yaki room is downstairs and you are led there, as in all good Japanese restaurants, by a courteous member of staff, Two oval tables seat about thirty people in four sections — a chef mans each table turning from end to end as guests come and go.
	www.london-eating.co.uk /3280.htm (905 words)

	Hina Matsuri
		The Hina Matsuri or Doll Festival or Girl's Festival is celebrated on March 3.
		The doll festival has its origin in a Chinese custom in which bad fortune is transferred to dolls and then removed by abandoning the doll on a river.
		On Hina Matsuri, sweet sake is drunken and chirashi sushi is eaten.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2281.html (93 words)

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