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| | ==Town Symbols== | | ==Town Symbols== |
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| | + | Like many Japanese towns, Taiki has its own mascot and town flower, bird, tree, and fish. |
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| | *'''Mascot''' - Tai-chan & Kī-chan | | *'''Mascot''' - Tai-chan & Kī-chan |
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| | *'''Tree''' - ubame oak (ウバメガシ ''ubamegashi'') | | *'''Tree''' - ubame oak (ウバメガシ ''ubamegashi'') |
| | *'''Fish''' - Japanese amberjack (ブリ ''buri'') | | *'''Fish''' - Japanese amberjack (ブリ ''buri'') |
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| | ==Regions within Taiki== | | ==Regions within Taiki== |
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| | ==Local Attractions== | | ==Local Attractions== |
| | ===Things to See=== | | ===Things to See=== |
| − | *'''Takihara Grand Shrine''' (滝原宮 ''Takihara-gu'' or ''Takihara no Miya'') | + | *'''Takihara Grand Shrine''' (滝原宮 ''Takihara-gu'' or ''Takihara-no-miya'') |
| | *: The largest and main shrine in Taiki. It is the sister shrine to Ise Jingu, one of the most famous sites in Mie prefecture and one of the most significant shrines of Shinto. | | *: The largest and main shrine in Taiki. It is the sister shrine to Ise Jingu, one of the most famous sites in Mie prefecture and one of the most significant shrines of Shinto. |
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| | [[File:go-senguu.JPG|350px|right|thumb|Go-sengū of 2014.]] | | [[File:go-senguu.JPG|350px|right|thumb|Go-sengū of 2014.]] |
| − | *'''Go-sengū - Rebuilding Takihara Grand Shrine''' (滝原宮式年遷宮 お白石持ち行事 ''Takihara-gu shikinen-sengū o-shiraishi-mochi gyôji'') | + | *'''Go-sengū - Rebuilding Takihara Grand Shrine''' (滝原宮式年遷宮 お白石持ち行事 ''Takihara-no-miya shikinen-sengū o-shiraishi-mochi gyôji'') |
| | *: An event that happens only every 20 years. The wooden structures are rebuilt and the white stones covering the shrine grounds are replaced. The locals gather in northern Takihara and southern Takihara (at Ōmiya Junior High School) and haul a large wheeled structure carrying baskets of white stones through the neighborhoods to Takihara Grand Shrine, chanting and singing all the way. Once both groups have arrived at the shrine, everyone is given two whites stones to place inside the shrine. The last go-sengū took place on October 26, 2014. | | *: An event that happens only every 20 years. The wooden structures are rebuilt and the white stones covering the shrine grounds are replaced. The locals gather in northern Takihara and southern Takihara (at Ōmiya Junior High School) and haul a large wheeled structure carrying baskets of white stones through the neighborhoods to Takihara Grand Shrine, chanting and singing all the way. Once both groups have arrived at the shrine, everyone is given two whites stones to place inside the shrine. The last go-sengū took place on October 26, 2014. |
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| | :::At Ōmiya Junior High School on October 11, 2015. (for the Takihara region) | | :::At Ōmiya Junior High School on October 11, 2015. (for the Takihara region) |
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