Hiyoshi Festival - Hiematsuri

Japanese: 日吉祭 - ひえまつり

This festival is held mainly on April 14th at Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, located in Sakamoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. It was also called the Sanno Festival. Originally, the main festival was held on the monkey day in April, so it was also called the Monkey Festival. The origin of this festival is as follows: "According to the shrine's legend, in the second year of the Hakuho era under Emperor Tenmu, there was a divine visit to Yayanagiura in Omiya, and Tsuneyo Tenharumitsu of Tanaka brought an offering of millet on a strawberry leaf from a boat, and there was a divine decree that a divine visit should be held in this bay every year. (Omitted) There are many examples of this great festival, and it is said that the surrounding areas and the seven bays of Omi all took part in this ritual" ("Shokoku Zue Nenjyu Gyoji Taisei").

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

滋賀県大津市坂本に鎮座する日吉（ひよし）大社で，4月14日を中心に行う祭り。山王祭ともいった。元来，中心の祭りを4月中申日に行うのが例であったので申（さる）祭の名でも呼ばれた。この祭りの由来は〈社伝云，天武帝白鳳二年，大宮八柳浦に神幸（じんこう）ありて，田中の恒世天晴光が船にて，粟の供御（くご）を覆盆子（いちご）の葉に盛奉りしより，毎年此浦に神幸あるべき神勅あり(中略)此大祭故実多く，近郷近在，近江七浦皆此祭祀に与れりとぞ〉(《諸国図会年中行事大成》)という。

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