Miyajima summer festival, KANGENSAI

This year, the festival was on August 1, 2015. Depending on the tidal situation, this day-long festival falls on different days. Two days before the festival, people at ITSUKUSHIMA JINJA were busy preparing, taking advantage of the lowest tide of the day. Here are some of the very dry grounds of the shrine. A large boats consisting of three smaller ones has been prepared. A palanquin for the spirits of the divinity is ready, too.

 To the shrine

 Lanterns hanging

 And the boat