お旅まつり開催

Events 2018.04.25

[:ja]毎年５月中旬に行われる「菟橋神社」と「本折日吉神社」の春季例大祭のお旅まつりは江戸時代初期より始まりました。「お旅」という名は、神様を乗せた神輿が巡業（お旅）することが由来と言われています。1766年、町人たちがまつりを盛り上げるため曳山行事を取り入れ、曳山の上で芝居が演じられるようになりました。絢爛豪華な曳山とその上で上演される子供歌舞伎がまつりの見どころです。まつりのクライマックスには、八基の曳山が一堂に曳揃いライトアップされます。

○お旅まつり　曳山子供歌舞伎上演

期間：平成30年5月11日（金）～13日（日）

外題
五郎十郎譽の仇討　蝶千鳥　曽我物語　中村閑居の場〈寺町〉
絵本太功記　十段目　尼ヶ崎の段〈八日市町〉

○曳山八基曳揃え

日時：平成30年5月11日（土）　15時～20時30分
場所：JR小松駅前

詳しくはhttp://www.city.komatsu.lg.jp/5741.htm（日本語のみ）[:en]

Komatsu City is tightly intertwined with the culture of Kabuki, one of Japan’s great performing arts.
Click here to learn more about the Otabi Festival and the various events happening this year!

Main Events	The Plays
Schedule for Saturday	Machiya Events
Show Times	Links
English Tour	Maps

Beginning over 250 years ago, the Otabi Festival is Komatsu’s biggest event. One of Ishikawa’s biggest festivals, it attracts thousands from around the country and overseas to see the traditional Hikiyama floats, and the children’s Kabuki plays.

The Otabi Festival has its origins as the spring festival of two major shrines in Komatsu, Uhashi and Motoori Hiyoshi. It takes its name from one of the key festival events, the Mikoshi procession. Mikoshi, or portable shrines, are traditionally carried around the local neighborhood to allow the Gods to inspect their surroundings, in Japanese this procession is referred as 旅をする、tabi wo suru.

The more famous portion of the festival was added in 1776, when local businessmen incorporated Hikiyama Floats into the festival.

The city comes alive as food stalls and events cover the city, and several temples also hold their annual mikoshi processions. This is an event not to be missed!

Main Events

11th (Fri) to 13^th(Sun)

Children Kabuki Performances (All 3 days)

Participating Neighborhoods: Tera-machi, Yokaichi-machi

Five Hikiyama Festival Floats Line Up (12^th, Saturday)

Time: 11:00 – 13:15
Venue: Hanamichi Yorossa (map)

Eight Hikiyama Festival Floats Grand Line Up (12^th, Saturday)

Time: 15:00 – 20:30 (click here for event schedule)
Venue: JR Komatsu Station Junction (map)

The Plays this Year

Held on the gorgeous and elaborate Hikiyama floats, the children’s kabuki is the main event of the festival. Every year two neighbourhoods begin their preparations to perform upon their Hikiyama. For 2018, they are Tera-machi and Yokaichi-machi.

Tera-machi will be performing “At the Nakamura Retreat”(Summary here!) and Yokaichi-machi will perform “The Amagasaki Scene” (Summary here!)

Eight Hikiyama Festival Floats Grand Line Up Schedule

15:00	Opening Ceremony
15:30	Tera-machi Children Kabuki Performance
16:30	Yokaichi-machi Children Kabuki Performance
17:30	Intermission
18:00	Tera-machi Children Kabuki Performance
19:00	Yokaichi-machi Children Kabuki Performance
20:00	Finale

Show Times

	Tera-machi	Yokaichi-machi
	45 min	60min
11^th	3:00pm	14:45
11^th	19:00	19:00
12^th	5 Hikiyama Line Up
	11:10am	12:10am
	8 Hikiyama Line Up
	3:30pm	4:30pm
	6:30pm	4:30pm
13^th	11:00am	10:00am
	2:00pm	12:30pm
	5:00pm	5:00pm
	8:00pm	7:30pm

Machiya Events

Machiya refers to the many traditional townhouses found throughout Komatsu. Built around the Taisho Era, they feature a fascinating mix of traditional architecture in a modern setup. Many of the Machiya are private properties, but during the Otabi Festival, they open their doors to the public and feature a variety of events and performances.
Check out the event map below to get a feel of the various locations

Event	Location (Google Map Links)	11th (Fri)	12th (Sat)	13th (Sun)
Kutani Ornaments Exhibit	Reikadou 麗華洞	10:00 – 12:00 14:00 – 17:00
Nishi-cho Hikiyama Festival Float Materials Exhibit	Uchida Heitaro Shop　打田平太郎商店	10:00 – 18:30
Kutani Legends	Motomura 本村　邸	9:00 – 17:00
Komatsu Municipal High School Art Work Exhibits	Motomura 本村　邸	10:00 – 17:00
	Choboya Tea Shop 長保屋茶舗	9:00 – 19:00		9:00 – 17:00
	Osugi Shop　大杉商店	10:00 – 19:00		10:00 – 17:00
	Sumigen すみげん	9:30 – 19:00		9:30 – 17:00
Urara-ichi, Temple Market and Food	Shomyouji 称名寺	–	From 10:00	–
Hobby Exhibit	Shomyouji 称名寺	–	10:00 – 16:00
Tea Ceremony	Toraya Ceramics Store　とら屋陶器店	–		10:00 – 16:00
Traditional Sweets Demonstration	Toraya Ceramics Store　とら屋陶器店	–		10:00 – 16:00
Entry to Bonnet Train Car	Doihara Bonnet Space　土居原ボンネット広場	–	10:00 – 17:00	10:00 – 16:00
Pieces of Jun Takegoshi	Hiro-oka Artworks 美術品　広岡	8:00 – 17:00
Hakusan, Our Sacred Peak	Gallery Matsunoke, Matsubaya　松葉家・ギャラリー松の家	10:00-18:00		10:00-16:00
Making Mizuhiki Activity Selling Obanyaki Pancakes, Geta Slippers and Small Objects	Community Salon Tomo (Located in front of the station)　駅前コミュニティサロン友	–	10:00 – 16:00
Tokuda Yasokichi the Fourth Exhibition	Machiya Studio　町家スタジオ	–	10:00 – 16:00
Japanese Cafe	Guesthouse Mikkaichi　ゲストハウス三日市	–	10:00 – 20:00	10:00 – 13:00
Erhu Concert by Ou Shuka	Guesthouse Mikkaichi　ゲストハウス三日市	–		13:30 – 14:00
Paintings Exhibit	Adachitei　安達邸	–	10:00 – 17:00
Flute Performance by Ms. Shushi Tosha Rakugo by Mr. Houki Tsukitei	Machiya House Ryusuke 町家ハウスRyusuke	–	13:00 –

English Tours

This year, we will be offering tours conducted in English!
On both 12^th and 13^th May, there will tours starting at 11:00, 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00. Each tour will take about 50 minutes, and our local guides will take you on a tour of the various sites! It’s a fun way to learn about the history and background of this 250-year-old festival!

Tours are absolutely free! Just come down to the information tent outside Komatsu Station to sign up!
Limited spaces available, so sign up early!

Maps of Key Locations

Stamp Rally / Event Space Map

During the festival, you can head around the various sites listed above to collect stamps! If you collect all 8 Hikiyama (in green) and more than 10 townhouse locations (listed as either yellow or blue points), head over to Miyossa (in red) to redeem a prize!
Grab a copy of the stamp collection sheet as well as the Japanese pamphlet for the full map of the festival to play!
Yellow points indicate the locations of events listed in the table above.

(Kindly note that the locations are valid at the time of updating, and may be subject to change)

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