Ikeda-san interviewing Kamiyamada's shishi
上山田温泉をまもっている波閉科神社の９月２３日の中秋際に向かって、私達上山田神楽保存会が毎週の木曜日に練習しています。この間の練習にFM Naganoの池田レポーターと藤原ディレクターがお越しになって頂きました。中秋際とお神楽の事は９月２０日（木曜日）の「千曲市浪漫紀行・すいっちばっくおばすて」と言うお昼の番組に出るそうです。是非、お聞きになって下さい。
９月２３日の連休はそれぞれの地域の秋祭りが行われているようです。波閉科神社のは子供相撲から始まって、屋台、太鼓、カラオケコンテスト、そしてグランフィナーレは私どもお神楽の獅子舞です。花火の合図で、役員の提灯の光での獅子舞。神秘的です。機会があれば、是非行ってみてください。
Habeshina Jinja, the shrine that protects our onsen town Kamiyamada, will hold its Fall Festival on September 23rd, the autumnal equinox. Our Kamiyamada Kagura lion dance troupe has been practicing every Thursday to get our routine down pat for the big festival. This last practice, FM Nagano's reporter Ikeda-san and director Fujiwara-san attended and interviewed our shishi. The interview will be part of the weekly Chikuma City special broadcast this Thursday 20-Sept.
Habeshina Shrine's Fall Festival will be one of many festivals going on the autumnal equinox weekend at local shrines everywhere. For our shrine, Habeshina, the festival starts off with a sumo tournament (both adults and kids), then there'll be a taiko drum performance and a karaoke singing contest, before the nighttime grand finale of our Kagura lion dance performance. Our group will be greeted by fireworks as our procession ends in front of the shrine's main pavillion. There we perform our shishi dance by the light of the chochin lanterns held by the festival elders. It is a very moving performance.
FM Nagano 千曲市浪漫紀行 Chikuma City Program
