Windup doll by the water wheel

There are two kinds of trick dolls by the water wheel in Kagoshima. This doll is called "Suisya-Karakuri" in Japanese. Those dolls are performed in a summer festival "Rokugatsudou." Unlike the doll at Takeda shrine, the doll at Toyotamahime shrine in Chiran-cho similar to the Joruri doll moves variously.

Place: Shimogouri, Kori, Chiran-cho, Kagoshima, Japan.
Day: July 9, 2003.
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Windup doll by the water wheel in Chiran

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Traditional event movie in Kagoshima

WINTER	SPRING	SUMMER	AUTUMN
Jul. Windup doll by the water wheel at Toyotamahime shrine - CHIRAN - July 9, 2003 Jul. Making a windup doll at Takeda shrine - KASEDA - July 3, 2003 Jul. Windup doll by the water wheel at Takeda shrine - KASEDA - July 23, 2002 Aug. The Drum Dance in Izaku - HIOKI - August 29, 2004

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