Japan - Suwa Festival

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Japan - Suwa Festival

Lantern slide of Japan Suwa Festival. Suwa Shrine (suwa jinja) is the major Shinto shrine of Nagasaki, Japan, and home to the Nagasaki Kunchi (kunchi) means festival ). It is located in the northern part of the city, on the slopes of Mount Tamazono-san, and features a 277-step stone staircase leading up the mountain to the various buildings that comprise the shrine. Suwa shrine was established as a way of stopping and reverting the conversion to Christianity that was taking place in Nagasaki. In modern times it remains an important and successful center of the community (Wikipedia). Part of Box 157 Japan, Boswell Collection, slide no. 42 Date: circa 1890s

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