[:ja]熊谷うちわ祭(くまがやうちわまつり)[:en]Kumagaya Fan Festival (Kumagaya Fan Festival)[:]

[引用]http://360.jp/blog/uchiwamatsuri/?page_id=123

さて熊谷うちわ祭の起源は1750年の熊谷宿の町民による祭の合同開催から始まります。この頃には神輿が祭を盛り上げていたのですが残念ながら焼失してしまい、祭が一時途絶えてしまいました。しかし町民らが力を合わせることで再興し、1830年からまた祭が行われるようになったのです。そして当時は料亭などが赤飯を配るなど疫病避けの「熊谷の赤飯振る舞い」が祭の一部となっていました。しかしその後になると赤飯に代わって「渋うちわ」を配る料亭が現れ、他の店もそれに追随することでうちわが定着し、熊谷うちわ祭と呼ばれるようになったのです。実用性のある渋うちわが客に人気であったこと、料亭にとって赤飯の準備が重荷だったことが重なった結果の変化でした。

[引用]https://www.city.kumagaya.lg.jp/about/soshiki/sangyo/syogyokanko/oshirase/ouennkifu.html

さて神輿ははじめに八坂神社にて御霊を遷す遷霊祭と発輿祭が行われ、それから各町内への渡御が開始されます。後に山車と屋台の出番となり、「叩き合い」と「巡行祭」が始まるのです。

叩き合いとは山車同士を物理的にぶつけ合うのではなく、祭囃子同士の音色を競わせることです。ですから叩き合いの場面では複数に及ぶ祭囃子の競演が見られます。山車同士の叩き合いは日没後にも行われるのですが、温かい橙色の行灯でライトアップされた山車は美しく、見物客は昼間と違った情緒豊かな気分に浸れるでしょう。

■タイムスケジュール
19日遷霊祭（せんれいさい）：午前9時から
20日渡御発輿祭（とぎょはつよさい）：午前6時から
20日途上奉幣祭（とじょうほうへいさい）
20日渡御着輿祭（とぎょちゃくよ）：午前10時30分から
20日初叩き合い（はつたたきあい）：午後7時から
21日巡行祭（じゅんこうさい）：午後1時から午後4時まで
21日巡行叩き合い（じゅんこうたたきあい）：午後6時から
22日行宮祭（あんぐうさい）：午前9時から
22日曳合わせ叩き合い（ひっあわせたたきあい）：午後8時から
22日年番送り（ねんばんおくり）：午後9時から
22日還御祭（かんぎょさい）：午後11時30分から[:en]Kumagaya Fan Festival is a festival to be held in Kumagaya city, Saitama Prefecture. It is called the “Gion of Kanto Ichi” from Yasaka Shrine which is settled in Kumagaya City and it is also a big festival of scale.

[引用]http://360.jp/blog/uchiwamatsuri/?page_id=123

The origin of the Kumagaya Fan Festival begins with joint holding of the festival by the townspeople of Kumagaya in 1750. Around this time the shrine was excavating the festival but unfortunately it was destroyed and the festival was temporarily stopped. However, the townspeople reconstructed by combining forces, festivals began to take place again in 1830. And then at the time the food shop etc distributed red rice etc. “Plutonium red bean behavior of Kumagaya avoiding plague” was part of the festival. However, when it became later, a restaurant appointed “shibu fans” on behalf of red rice appeared, other stores also established a fan, so that it became known as Kumagaya Fan Festival. It was a change in result that overlap of practical Shibuwa became popular with customers, and red meal preparations were burdensome for the restaurant.

[引用]https://www.city.kumagaya.lg.jp/about/soshiki/sangyo/syogyokanko/oshirase/ouennkifu.html

Well, the shrine mikoshi is firstly held at the Yasaka Shrine at the spirit festival and the mikoshi festival where the Spirit transitions, and then the delivery to each town begins. Later the floats and stalls will be on the way and “banging” and “cruise festival” will start.

Hitting is not to physically hit the floats, but to make the sounds of festival music accompany each other. So in a batting scene you can see a competition of several festival hayashi. Batting between the floats is done even after sunset, but the floats that were lit up with warm orange lights are beautiful, and visitors will be immersed in the emotion rich feeling different from daytime.

■ Time schedule
19th day spirit festival: from 9 am
20th passing day Mikoshi Festival (Togayatsuyo): from 6 am
20th Beginning Celebration Festival (and go to school)
20th day Okinawan festival (Togako kyoto): From 10:30 am
First battle on the 20 th (Hatataki Ai): from 7 PM
21st Cruising Festival (Junenkei): 1 pm to 4 pm
21st day cruising together (Tamaki Tataki): from 6 pm
22nd Festival of the Royal Family (Anshui): from 9 am
22 days tug and beat each other (Hitting Tataki Ai): From 8 PM
Sending 22nd year number (Nanban gift): From 9 pm
22th Regional Festival (Kankyo Sai): 11: 30 pm

Venue:　Atago Yasaka Shrine（Kamakura Town, Kumagaya-shi, Saitama Prefecture 360-0046）
open time:
event date:　Wednesday, July 19, 2017 – July 23, 2017 (Sun)
Remarks concerning the opening date:
Access method (other):　JR Takasaki line Kumagaya station East east area · North entrance station square square to the national highway No. 17 front desk
For inquiries: http://uchiwamatsuri.com/[:]