The festival of rice

Hello, everyone. Today, I will talk about Japanese festivals of rice. Rice is important things for Japanese, so people have held many festivals of rice in Japan.

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It is the harvest festivals. Thanks to the God, people can harvest a lot of rice. They hold it festival because they deeply appreciate the God`s cooperation. The festivals hold in fall.

The young women take a little rice and offer it to the God. Japanese called “saotome” to them. And people march with “mikoshi,” and give a feast. The God get on mikoshi. It is big and so many men carry it together. The lively marching is old habit.

A large festival takes place in Niigata. Niigata is the place to take a lot of rice. It name is “Kome-hyappyou Festival.” Kome-hyappyou means a lot of rice. Pyou is a unit for measuring the weight of the rice. This festival has to do with war that took place 140 years ago. The people wearing kimono do the parade. They can learn about the history and rice.

Kome-hyappyou Festival

Recently, Japanese also held a new kind of festival. There was the rice festival in November 2012. It was held in Yokohama. It seems like a theme park. The guests will choose their favorite rice from a lot of kind rice. They are only the famous rice. And then they buy and eat the favorite side dishes with rice. They are many kinds from meat to vegetables. The people can find out how to eat delicious rice. At the festival has been held the stage event.

I am sure it would be fun. You also try to join these festivals if you have time.

The next article is the last. I will talk about some problems of rice. Please look forward to next time. See you!