[Girls’ Festival Event]
SENGAN-EN SPRING FESTIVAL (2022)
(SENGAN-EN HARU-MATSURI /
仙巌園 春まつり)

[Girls’ Festival Event]<BR>SENGAN-EN SPRING FESTIVAL (2022)<br /> (SENGAN-EN HARU-MATSURI / <br />仙巌園 春まつり)

Sengan-en (仙巌園), the beautiful garden which was a summer villa of the Shimazu family is holding a popular annual historical event.
At Shoko Shusei-kan (尚古集成館), a hina dolls exhibition is being held during the period (Feb 11th – April 3rd). Dolls and other materials were brought by Takehime, the daughter of the 5th shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, when she married Tsugutoyo Shimazu, the 22nd lord of Satsuma. These gorgeous dolls, as well as other luxurious and finely detailed items are exhibited.
During the period, other attractive events are also held.

【Events】


***** THE LEGACY OF SHIMAZU FAMILY;
AN EXHIBITION OF HINA DOLLS AND HINA MATERIALS
(SHIMAZUKE-NI TSUTAWARU HINA DOGU-TO NINGYO-TEN /
島津家に伝わるひな道具と人形展) *****

Shimazu family’s regacy, the “yusoku-bina (有職雛),” dolls clad in the exact replica of the elegant court costumes of the Heian period and luxurious and finely detailed items (total 407 items) are exhibited at Shokoshusei-kan.
Date: February 11th (Fri) ~ April 3rd (Sun)
Place: Shoko Syusei-kan Bekkan


***** KYUSHU HINA DOLLS
(KYUSHU-NO OHINA-SAMA /
九州のおひなさま) *****

Hina doll exhibition, the first project of Sengan-en. You can see traditional dolls from all over Kyushu, such as ito-bina which have been handed down from the Edo period in Kagoshima, sagemon from Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and single-tiered decorations with two imperial dolls from Yame City.
Date: February 11th (Fri) ~ April 3rd (Sun)
Place: The House in Sengan-en


***** SENGAN-EN SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY SPOT
(SENGAN-EN HARU-NO PHOTO SPOT /
仙巌園 春のフォトスポット) *****

Sengan-en's first project. Enjoy taking pictures at the photography spots decorated with handmade crepe work.
Date: February 11th (Fri) ~ April 3rd (Sun)
Place: The House in Sengan-en


***** FLOATING CEREMONY OF PAPER HINA DOLLS
(NAGASHI-BINA / 流しびな) *****

Sengan-en has a beautiful meandering stream.
For this event, This stream becomes the place to float away your own foulness and bad luck with tiny hina dolls sitting in a bamboo boat.
People used to transfer their impurities to hitokata (human shaped paper doll) by rubbing them against the affected area, whereby getting rid of their impurity. This custom is the origin of nagashi bina.
Join this traditional event only for girls and ladies, and grab some good luck!
Date: February 27 (Sun)
Time: 10:30 ~ 12:00
Place: Kyokusui-no Niwa in Sengan-sen
Capacity: 60 people (ladies only)
Fee: 2,500 yen + the entrance fee


***** WINDING STREAM PARTY
(KYOKUSUI-no EN / 曲水の宴) *****

“Kyokusui-no En” is originally a Chinese traditional event. It was held among nobles in Spring from about AD 600 ~ 900.
People sit beside a little stream in which a sake cup is floating. Before the sake cup floats through in front of the person, he / she needs to compose a poem.
This annual event had started in Japan before the Nara era (about AD 700).
Here in Iso garden, the 21st Shimazu lord made the kyokusui garden in about 1736.
You can see this traditional graceful event in Iso garden. People dress in Samurai families formal costume and compose poems. You will feel like you have traveled in time to old Japan.
Date: April 3 (Sun)
Time: In the afternoon
Place: Kyokusui-no Niwa in Sengan-sen
Fee: Entrance fee required


*Some events will be omitted due to measures against the new coronavirus.
*Please refrain from participating if you have a fever of 37.5 ° C or higher, feel very lethargic, or are having breathing difficulties.
*Please wear a mask.
*The number of visitors is limited to avoid crowding.

Start Feb. 11, 2022 〜 Apr. 03, 2022

8:30 ~ 17:30

Genre

Girls' Festival Event

Zip892-0871
Address

9700-1 Yoshino-cho, Kagoshima city

(Map)

PlaceSengan-en (仙巌園)
Parking

100 spaces (\300 / day)

Fee

Entrance fee: Adults 1,000 yen
Elementary & J.H.S.Students 500 yen

Contact Sengan-en
TEL: 099-247-1551
Webhttps://www.senganen.jp/en/topic/events-en/
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