Kamakura (snow dome)
kamakura かまくら カマクラ type traditional snow dome quinzhee snowy region japan kamakura may also refer various ceremonial winter celebration involving snow dome shinto deity kamakura daimyojin 鎌倉大明神 revered celebration kamakura festival altar set inside dome snow shinto rite performed ceremony locale reputedly adaptation traditional ceremony held kyoto imperial palace appears practice worshipping suijin shinto god water winter came northeastern japan early kamakura period nikaidō clan became local landowner ceremony may morphed various winter fire festival villager pray good harvest uonuma region southcentral niigata prefecture snow dome made ceremony known honyaradō one theory hold term kamakura arose resemblance many snow dome round ceramic kiln 窯 kama different theory suggests kamakura corruption kamikura 神蔵 might translated storehouse god either case connection city kamakura presentday kanagawa prefecture tenuous however place deity kamakura daimyojin worshipped kamakura festival date back day kamakura shogunate ceremony might one way shogunate ritually display power winter event kamakura snow hut currently held number location japan example yokote city central akita prefecture event celebrated every february event likely date time onodera clan ruled area sengoku period yokotes kamakura festival several hundred snow dome various size dot city event immediately followed bonden festival shinto ceremony occur together festival sometimes jointly described yokote snow festival yokote city also small museum history kamakura snow dome far north yokote city semboku district akita prefecture another kamakura festival held february rokugō kamakura festival classified intangible folk cultural asset japanese agency cultural affair festival centered around akita suwagu shrine near iizume station ōu main line festival numerous kamakura ice house seen however photograph reveal rounded shape square wall thatched bamboo roof fact structure known torioi koya 鳥追小屋 lit bird chasing hut moreover shinto deity kamakura daimyojin enshrined ceremonial winter hut february rokugō village child typically visit others hut sing song chasing bird two day later usually ricecake pounding ceremony celebrate end winter time willow cocoon ball made decorate altar deity kamakura daimyojin cocoon ball fashioned rice cake attached willow twig traditional ceremony held festival bamboo pole battle opposing team well bonfire battle featuring blazing long bamboo pole much smaller scale previous two festival narayama kamakura festival held every february – narayama otamachi area part central akita city originally festival held first full moon ancient lunar calendar fall regularly date solar gregorian calendar makeshift shinto shrine snow bamboo straw roofing erected festival year suijin kamakura daimyojin honored inside shrine one time male allowed inside shrine gender restriction lifted empty rice bale stacked inside shrine snow towards end festival one bale lit special ceremony fire broke festival ceremony banned sixty year however local neighborhood association revived event attracts many local resident even visitor afar kamakura festival held place yunishigawa onsen northern tochigi prefecture shinhodaka onsen mountainous part gifu prefecture kakunodate akita prefecture kamakura festival also exist lake shikaribetsu kohan onsen central hokkaido hirosaki castle aomori prefecture number place japan cold winter glossary shintok quinzhee igloo snow cave snow fort