Celebrate Buddha's Birthday (April 8th in Japan)

**Jakuden** · 04-08-2018, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by Kakunen

Today is Hanamatsuri.

Happy birthday Buddha!

I share picture of festival.

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Kakunen

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Aw thank you for the photo, that's lovely! Where is this taking place, is it at a Buddhist temple or is it somewhere in public?

Gassho
Jakuden
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**Jundo** · 04-08-2018, 01:55 AM

If you would like to read a local article about Hana Matsuri here in Tsukuba ... and its not being such a popular holiday today ...

So in this season, at many temples across Japan ( and of course, in Tsukuba as well), you will find small pavillion or gazebo-like structures set up in clear view. These are called HANA-MI-DO (花御堂), and they are usually heavilly decorated with colorfull flowers. The small Buddha ( O-Shaka-Sama, or Shaka-釈迦, in Japanese) figures, used for this occassion is distintive. It represents the Buddha at birth, standing upright, one hand pointing to the sky and the other to the ground, and is called a Tanjo-Butsu (誕生仏).

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Before the Second World War, the Hana-Matsuri was a major event in the villages around which The Tsukuba Science City was eventually built. In old Sakura Mura, there were festivities held for a week, with the local youth organization (Seinen-Kai) playing traditional flutes and drums late into the night.Children would gather all types of flowers, in bundles, to be placed on, in and around the Hana-Mi-Do. This year ony a handful of temples in Tsukuba will be holding quiet services (though most will have their Birth-Buddha pavillions on display, with amacha available for anyone who would like to commemorate Shaka-Sama`s birthday.

In the past,April 8th, was also a day of compassion, and farmers refrained from work as it might involve the killing of insects or animals.

http://blog.alientimes.org/2018/04/with-all-the-attention-on-cherry-blossoms-and-hanami-hana-matsuri-the-japanese-celebration-of-buddhas-birthday-on-april-8th-is-often-overlooked-these-days-revisited/

Gassho, J

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**Jakuden** · 04-08-2018, 01:59 AM

Aw beautiful, thanks Jundo. Do you go with your family and pour tea over the baby Buddha?

Gassho
Jakuden
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**Kakunen** · 04-08-2018, 09:10 AM

Originally posted by Jakuden

Aw thank you for the photo, that's lovely! Where is this taking place, is it at a Buddhist temple or is it somewhere in public?

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

Hello Jakuden SAN

Here is Sensoji Temple at Tokyo.
My friend send me this.

Sensoji Temple

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3001.html

Visitor guide for Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo.

I love there.

Sat today
Gassho
Kakunen

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