Kemari Matsuri

The Kemari soccer matsuri was on again today. The festival happens twice a year (on April 29th and on November 3rd). I already went to see it last autumn, but i didn’t get the pictures i wanted that time so i decided to go once more. Interestingly the people playing Kemari seem to have improved their game a bit. This time it was actually a bit more fun to watch then last time. It also helped that the weather was awesome (nice warm sun, but not too hot) and that it wasn’t as crowded as last time. This allowed me to move around a bit.

The event is held at the Tanzan Jinja which also happens to be one of the nicer shrines here in japan

Website: The Tanzan Shrine is hosting this event and information about the “festival” (can you really call an 1-hour event a festival?!) is there in Japanese.

Transport: Kintetsu Line to Sakurai Sta. From there, about 30 min. by bus for Tanzan Jinja, and then get off at the last stop … or come by car – there is plenty of parking and it’s not really that popular of an event to draw a huge crowd.