Fujisawa-Enoshima / The Midwinter MIKOSHI chastening meeting(Seijin-Sai) [Jan. 20 2002]
Midwinter MIKOSHI
 Date: Jan. 3rd Sun.  
Higashi-hama (KataseEnoshima Station on Odakyu Line)

This event is a Coming-of-Age Day's festival that is 
midwinter swiming with MIKOSHI.

 After doing a ceremony on the beach at 11:00AM, it 
brings four pieces of MIKOSHI out of the beach to the 
sea.

 In ex. year, it's a cold climate that is strongly in 
the wind and a sometimes falling snow.
 As for the shouldering man, because it enters the sea, 
the of loincloth appearance is most but the woman wears 
"Dabo" shirt above.

 This year, new adult of the appearance of the long
-sleeved Kimono("Furisode"), the sheath with the crest 
("Montuki-Hakama") and the "Hanten" was in the MIKOSHI 
and was brilliantly shouldered.

 Going out in four of three of "Dokkoi" and one of 
"EDO-MAE" MIKOSHI.
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The shouldering men set of the of loincloth appearance after ceremony Mikoshi starts from the beach all together with putting on new adults
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To finally the sea! Seawater is cold After going out in about 30 minutes, Mikoshi rises to the beach
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