御柱祭（Onbashira Festival，Onbashira-sai）每六年在诹访大社（Suwa Grand Shrine）举行一次。诹访大社是日本历史最悠久的神社，而御柱祭也是全日本最震撼、最古老的神道祭典之一，迄今已有至少1200年的历史。在"山出し"（Yamadashi）阶段，各团队的男子骑上长达12米的巨大冷杉神木（御柱），随着神木从名为"木落し"（Kiotoshi）的陡坡上轰然滑下——这一极度危险的壮举被视为无上荣耀。随后，神木被运送至诹访地区各处，在"里曳き"（Satobiki）阶段竖立于诹访四座神社境内。下一届祭典将于2028年举行。御柱祭是诹访盆地独有的神道信仰与集体认同的深刻体现。
- Type
- Festival
- Category
- Matsuri
- Season
- Spring
- Month
- April (Satō-biki, log-felling phase); May (Satobiki, shrine-raising phase)
- Region
- Chubu
- Prefecture
- Nagano
- City
- Suwa
Highlights
- ◆Men riding giant fir logs down steep Kiotoshi slope
- ◆Ancient 1,200-year-old Shinto ritual at Japan's oldest shrine
- ◆16 enormous sacred logs transported across the Suwa Basin
- ◆Log-raising ceremony at four Suwa shrine precincts
- ◆Occurs only once every six years (next: 2028)