Ceremonial rice planter wearing a conical straw hat bends down to manually press blessed seedlings into the muddy water of a sacred paddy field...
Song leaders carrying large red long-handled umbrellas lead a group of young children participating in the traditional Sumiyoshi Odori dance during...
General view shows ceremonial rice planters working inside the sacred paddy field surrounding a central performance stage during the historic Otaue...
Performers dressed in traditional happi coats, straw hats, and waraji sandals carry ceremonial equipment during a lively procession at the historic...
Performers dressed as a Furyu-musha samurai warriors run along the edge of the sacred paddy field while carrying a large red battle flag featuring a...
Performer acting as a Furyu-musha warrior raises a ceremonial sword and a decorative folding fan featuring the Hinomaru design before a crowd of...
Ceremonial rice planters and festival participants take a brief break along the concrete banks of the sacred paddy field during the historic Otaue...
Local residents acting as ceremonial rice planters wade through the muddy water of a sacred paddy field to plant blessed seedlings during the...
Shinto priests take part in a ritual procession at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. Held on New Years Eve, the ceremony...
Worshippers take part in a year end purification ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. During New Years Eve...
Worshippers take part in a year end purification ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. During New Years Eve...
Shinto priests take part in a ritual procession at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. Held on New Years Eve, the ceremony...
Young women dressed in traditional kimono take part in a Shinto ritual procession at Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. Part of...年輕成年人, 日本
Shinto priest prepares ritual objects during a year end purification ceremony at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. Held...日本
Young women dressed in traditional kimono take part in a Shinto ritual procession at Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. Part of...日本
Shinto priest prepares ritual objects during a year end purification ceremony at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka, Japan, on December 31, 2025. Held...
New sumo grand champion Hoshoryu performs a ring-entering ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka on March 1, 2025.
New sumo grand champion Hoshoryu performs a ring-entering ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka on March 1, 2025.
General view of the Takara-no-Ichi ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine on October 17, 1933 in Osaka, Japan.
Women march on during the Unoha ritual to commemorate Empress Jingu at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine on May 11, 1938 in Osaka, Japan.
Sumo grand champion Terunofuji meets the press at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka on March 2 ahead of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament starting in...
Sumo grand champion Terunofuji performs a ceremonial ring-entering ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka on March 2 ahead of the Spring Grand...
Sumo grand champion Terunofuji performs a ceremonial ring-entering ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka on March 2 ahead of the Spring Grand...
Sumo grand champion Terunofuji performs a ceremonial ring-entering ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka on March 2 ahead of the Spring Grand...
Mongolian yokozuna, sumo grand champion Hakuho performs the 'Dohyo-Iri' purification ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine on November 2, 2013 in...
Mongolian yokozuna, sumo grand champion Hakuho performs the 'Dohyo-Iri' purification ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine on November 2, 2013 in...
Yokozuna, sumo's grand champions Hakuho and Harumafuji pose for photographs with the ancient sumo wrestler statue at its unvealing at Sumiyoshi...
Child wearing a traditional kimono poses for photographs at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine on November 4, 2013 in Fukuoka, Japan. The Shichi-Go-San Festival...
Shrine maidens fill candies in preparation for the Shichi-Go-San festival at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine on October 31, 2013 in Osaka, Japan. The...
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes plant rice during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field of Sumiyoshi...
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes plant rice during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field of Sumiyoshi...日本
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes as use a cattle for prepare to paddy field for planting during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting...
Japanese woman in traditional costumes as holds sacred paddy seed during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at Sumiyoshi Taisha...
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes plant rice during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field of Sumiyoshi...
Japanese women in traditional costumes as hold sacred paddy seed during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field of...
Japanese shrine priests pray during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine June 14, 2013 in Osaka, Japan....
Japanese woman in traditional costume take patr during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine June 14,...
Japanese people in traditional costumes attend a parde leading to the shring paddy field during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual...
Japanese women in traditional farmer costumes walk edge of the field during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field of...
Japanese school boys attend a parde leading to the shring paddy field during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at Sumiyoshi...
Japanese shrine priests hand over sacred rice seed to women in traditional costumes during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at...
Japanese people in traditional costumes attend a parde leading to the shring paddy field during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual...
Japanese shrine priests hold sacred rice seed during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine June 14, 2013...
Japanese Miko shrine maidens as shrine priest attend a parde leading to the shring paddy field during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual...
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes as use a cattle for prepare to paddy field for planting during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting...
Japanese Miko shrine maidens attend a parde leading to the shring paddy field during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy...
Japanese women and young girls in traditional costumes take patr pary to sucess of ceremony during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual...
Japanese shrine priest attend a parde leading to the shring paddy field during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field...
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes as use a cattle for prepare to paddy field for planting during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting...
Japanese man performs traditional music during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine June 14,...
Japanese People in traditional costumes perform music during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine June...
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes plant rice as Miko shrine maidens perform during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual...
Japanese people in traditional farmer costumes plant rice during the Otaue Shinji, sacred rice planting annual ceremony at paddy field of Sumiyoshi...日本, 農夫
Mongolian yokozuna, sumo grand chamipon Hakuho, whose real name is Monkhbatyn Davaajargal performs the Dohyo-Iri, ring purification ritual at...
Mongolian yokozuna, sumo grand chamipon Hakuho, whose real name is Monkhbatyn Davaajargal performs the Dohyo-Iri, ring purification ritual at...
