{"id":25562,"date":"2017-02-26T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=25562"},"modified":"2020-11-28T03:09:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T18:09:55","slug":"yoshiwara-fuji-daruma-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/yoshiwara-fuji-daruma-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshiwara, Fuji City: The Daruma Festival at the Bottom of Mt. Fuji"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sponsored by the Shizuoka Prefecture Tourism Association<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yoshiwara is a district of Fuji city, located in the east of Shizuoka prefecture, and known as the most industrial side of the Fuji. I was casually strolling around town when I learned that a festival was being held at the Bishamonten Myohouji temple. As with most festivals, it is difficult to drive around the surrounding areas, so I decided to park my car at Hina station (free parking) and take the train to Yoshiwara. From the train, on the way to Yoshiwara, I was able to watch the beautiful sunset on Mount Fuji!<\/p>\n

\"Yoshiwara<\/p>\n

Gakunan Railway line<\/h2>\n

The \u201cGakunan Railway Line\u201d (\u5cb3\u5357\u96fb\u8eca\u5cb3\u5357\u7dda) is a very small train line that links Gakunan-Enoo to Yoshiwara with a very old fashioned train!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The journey costs between \u00a5150 and \u00a5360, depending on the distance traveled. When you get on the train, you take a ticket that will let the controllers know how many stations you have travelled by the time of your exit. If you take the train from the first station, you have to buy your ticket inside the station.<\/p>\n

\"Yoshiwara's<\/p>\n

I got on the train at \u201cHina\u201d around 5 pm, and I was so fortunate because the sun was setting, the weather was clear, and so the beautiful Mount Fuji was visible from behind the station!<\/p>\n

\"Gakunan<\/p>\n

Yoshiwara<\/h2>\n

Arriving in Yoshiwara, I was amazed by the shades of pink, blue and purple on Mount Fuji!<\/p>\n

\"the

Golden hour on Mt. Fuji!<\/p><\/div>\n

Before being merged with the city of Fuji in 1966, Yoshiwara was an independent city. It was fourteenth in the list of fifty-three famous T\u014dkaid\u014d road stations! The fourteenth station was on the site of today\u2019s train station. The area was devastated twice by powerful tsunami!<\/p>\n

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The Daruma festival<\/h2>\n

A ten minute walk from the train station, I joined the Bishamonten matsuri (\u6bd8\u6c99\u9580\u5929\u5927\u796d), better known as the \u201cDaruma Festival.\u201d This is one of three major annual festivals dedicated to Daruma.<\/p>\n

\"On

On the way, food stands with Fuji-san in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

The “Daruma”<\/h3>\n

The Daruma is a kind of paper-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 doll, representing Bodhidharma, an Indian monk, founder of the Zen Buddhist sect known for his perseverance. For the Japanese, the Daruma is a sacred figure with mystical powers, realizing vows or helping to achieve difficult objectives.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n

Make a wish<\/h3>\n

When buying a Daruma, usually it has white eyes. You should then paint a pupil (a full black circle) in the left eye while making a wish. When the wish has come true, you can paint a pupil in the second eye. It is then customary to burn the Daruma during one of these festivals! Visitors bring their Daruma that they have gathered together to form a large stack that will be burned on the last day of the festival (which lasts three days).<\/p>\n

\"Drama<\/p>\n

Prices and colors<\/h3>\n

Some visitors wait for the festival to buy a Daruma. Their prices can range from a few hundred yen for smaller models to tens of thousands of yen for the larger ones! Many stands offer Daruma, mostly red with golden and black motifs. But there are also yellow, green, white, black, pink, golden Daruma! Each color symbolized a different kind of wish: pink for example will be for a wish related to love, gold for a wish in connection with money, green for health, etc.<\/p>\n

\"Food<\/p>\n

Even at a time without the festival, the temple is worth a visit! There is this amazing incense pavilion decorated with dragons and during the day, when the weather is clear, you can see Mount Fuji in the background!<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"Takigi<\/p>\n

Information<\/h2>\n

The festival is held every year at the beginning of February (this year it was from the 3d to the 5th), and you can check the dates for 2018 on the official website here<\/a>.<\/u> (It is in Japanese, so let your browser translate the text for you).<\/p>\n

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SHIZUOKA GUIDE<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n
Need more information? You can find up to date information about Shizuoka\u2019s history, sightseeing locations, accommodations, food, and transportation as below:<\/div>\n
https:\/\/shizuoka-guide.com\/english\/<\/a><\/div>\n[cft format=0]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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