Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

A 17-meter-long trunk is to be erected in Shimosuwa in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on May 16, 2022, the final day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwa Taisha shrine.

Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

Huge trunk raised vertically in Japan festival

A 17-meter-long trunk is erected vertically in Shimosuwa in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on May 16, 2022, the final day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwa Taisha shrine.

41-yr-old man dies during old Shinto shrine festival in Nagano

41-yr-old man dies during old Shinto shrine festival in Nagano

Photo taken at the Suwa Taisha grand Shinto shrine in the central Japan city of Suwa on May 6, 2016, shows police officers examining a pillar put up for the traditional Onbashira Festival. A 41-year-old shrine parishioner died the previous day after falling about 10-meters from the fir trunk and landing on the roof of heavy machinery equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

41-yr-old man dies during old Shinto shrine festival in Nagano

41-yr-old man dies during old Shinto shrine festival in Nagano

Photo taken May 6, 2016, shows the Suwa Taisha grand Shinto shrine in the central Japan city of Suwa where a 41-year-old parishioner died the previous day after falling about 10-meters from a pillar put up for the traditional Onbashira Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

A 17-meter-long fir trunk is lowered along a 25-degree slope in the city of Chino in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a "kiotoshi event" on April 3, 2016, the second day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwataisha Shrine. Suwataisha consists of four shrine building complexes dotted around Lake Suwa. During the festival, held every six years, 16 fir trees are cut in the mountains and taken to the four shrines to replace Onbashira (wooden poles) in each corner of the shrines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

Huge fir trunk descends mountain slope

A 17-meter-long fir trunk is lowered along a 25-degree slope in the city of Chino in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a "kiotoshi event" on April 3, 2016, the second day of the Onbashira Festival at Suwataisha Shrine. Suwataisha consists of four shrine building complexes dotted around Lake Suwa. During the festival, held every six years, 16 fir trees are cut in the mountains and taken to the four shrines to replace Onbashira (wooden poles) in each corner of the shrines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo