Volunteers Needed for Yokosuka 34th Annual Mikoshi Parade –

The CFAY 34th Annual Mikoshi Parade will be held Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Eighty to 100 volunteers are needed to carry the CFAY-MWR mikoshi in the parade.

To sign up, register at the International Programs Section in the ITT Office located next to Starbucks.

Registration deadline is Sept. 7.

Call 243-4731 for more information.

REGISTRATION LOCATION:
International Programs Section at the ITT Office, 243-4731.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Tuesday, September 7

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
80-100 people.

PRACTICE DATE
Sunday, September 12 from 1300-1430 (All volunteers must practice) To sign-up or for details on any International Program's activities, please visit the International Program section in the ITT Office (BLDG #1559, next to Starbucks), call 243-4731.

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Mikoshi Volunteers will meet in front of the Main Gate on Sunday, September 19 at 0900. The parade will start in front of the Bank of Yokohama by the Chuo Train Station and proceed to Womble Gate. The parade, on-base, will start in front of Green Beach Pool and proceed to Benny Decker Theater area. Valuable Captains Cup points will be awarded to all volunteers at 10 points per person with a maximum of 100 points per Command per Division (male or female).

Practice Day is on Sunday, September 12 from 1300-1430 (Location: Leahy Street between BLDG #1939 and BLDG #1721). Please bring pads (towels) to protect your shoulders. Wear a white or light color tennis shoes and shorts. At the end of the practice, participants will be issued a loaner Happi Coat as well as a commemorative T-shirt and Headband.

All volunteers must practice to participate. Please register by Tuesday, 07 September at the International Program Section in the ITT Office. The following information is needed at the time of registration – Last Name, First Name, Command, Sex, Phone Number, E-mail Address, Height and T-shirt size. All volunteers must practice to participate in this Mikoshi Parade on Sunday, September 19.

EQUIPMENT NEEDED
White Tennis Shoes (required) and Towel (recommended as padding for shoulders).

Reminder, this event will be this weekend.

The CFAY 34th Annual Mikoshi Parade will be held Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Does anyone know when the actual parade starts? Off base, not on. I showed up way too early last year but can't remember the start time! Thanks.

What time will the parade be on base?

Anyone going to the mikoshi day parade this year? I think this year I am not going.. Too tired to be around thousands of people..

We went, it was intersting again this year. i think a lot of us are still in shock about what one guy had on!!!

shock about what one guy had on!!!

did you take any pictures of him?

Last years Mikoshi Day Parade Pictures:
http://www.japanbases.com/community...3-593.aspx


If anyone took any pictures this year, please go to this link:
http://www.japanbases.com/community...3-966.aspx

You can upload your 2010 photos there. Thanks..

I took a lot of them. i will upload them once I get my two down for their naps. He had like NOTHING on under his rob and had a TAIL~

I took a lot of them. i will upload them once I get my two down for their naps.

Thanks... no rush.. take care of the kids..

Just a tip.. When you upload, you can select all of them at 1 time. Then just select upload, and it will go through the process. Just leave it alone, until it completes. You can add descriptions and titles to each image if you prefer, but you dont have to. Then just click finish.

All uploads are reviewed before they are officially posted. I do this, to ensure the stupid people dont post porn, or other crazy images to the site.

If anyone else took any pictures, to any of the albums we have on the site, please just go ahead and upload. It will notify all the admins, and one of us can take care of it.

I just uploaded a bunch of them
Kristina

I just uploaded a bunch of them

Thanks, I have approved them all.

You can view them here:
http://www.japanbases.com/community...3-966.aspx

Posted By Adam Jones on 19 Sep 2010 02:57 PM

I just uploaded a bunch of them

Thanks, I have approved them all.

Adam, can you delte the one with my daughter in it? i thought i did the first time thanks

Adam, I just uploaded some photos, is there a way to post video?

can you delte the one with my daughter in it?

Yes, I have just deleted that photo of your daughter.

is there a way to post video?

I am going to be adding the ability for video uploads very very soon.

Posted By krjkv on 19 Sep 2010 01:27 PM
I took a lot of them. i will upload them once I get my two down for their naps. He had like NOTHING on under his rob and had a TAIL~

I saw a few men looking "sumo" style!  I am wondering if the parade should have been PG 13

Adam, I just uploaded some photos

Thanks, I just approved your photos.

saw a few men looking "sumo" style! I am wondering if the parade should have been PG 13

HAHA.. Yes I remember last year I saw plenty of butt cheeks... 

It was a shocker for me, wasn't expecting that, and SO many "banana hammocks!

Just let me know when we can do video's. I got a few short ones of the parade.

Wife and I enjoyed the Mikoshi Parade on base today.

Made a few video's and uploaded to YouTube is anyone is interested.







Weather was perfect and the crowd wasn't to bad.

Great videos Mark! Thanks for posting them.

by the way,  Mikoshi seems to be influenced by jewish ceremony


Japanese Mikoshi and Jewish lost ark.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 19, 2010) Residents from Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka including Sailors from various sea and shore commands carry the installation's official Mikoshi shrine during the 2010 Yokosuka Mikoshi Parade.

The city of Yokosuka holds the traditional parade once a year to allow residents of various districts to display their Mikoshi by parading through downtown Yokosuka and onto the base.



(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brock A. Taylor/Released)

CFAY, Yokosuka City residents revel in true Japanese tradition
By Dan Bowen, CFAY Public Affairs


Residents from Yokosuka base including Sailors from various sea and shore commands carry the installation’s official mikoshi shrine during the 2010 Yokosuka Mikoshi Parade Sept. 19. Yokosuka City holds the parade once a year, where participants start downtown and parade onto the base.
U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Brock A. Taylor

Residents from all over Yokosuka, including volunteers from Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), donned traditional festival dress, shouldered their community’s mikoshi (portable shrine), and paraded through downtown Yokosuka and onto the base Sept. 19.

Approximately 16,500 people made their way to the base to enjoy the weather, the food and the chance to engage in cultural exchange with their neighbors. As has been the tradition for a number of years, CFAY Morale Welfare and Recreation International Program Office solicited volunteers from various commands to don traditional Happi coats and carry a CFAY sponsored mikoshi in the parade.

Festivities on Yokosuka base included Japanese and American food, live music and performances by Japanese acrobats. The parade began near the Yokosuka Chuo Train Station and proceeded down Chuo Dori, commonly known as “Blue Street,” before parading to an on base conclusion near the Navy Exchange Main Street USA food court.

Yeoman 3rd Class Theodore Doyen of CFAY Legal volunteered to help shoulder the burden of carrying the base mikoshi and was happy to have had the experience. “

The community involvement, the team organization and teamwork was a lot of fun,” said Doyen. “It was really interesting, the mikoshi were pretty cool looking. I am going to do it again next year.”

Daniel White, a military family member, attended the parade for his third and final time. This year he decided to concentrate on some of the subtleties of the parade. “
I thought it was awesome,” said White. “The last two years I took pictures and didn’t really focus on it, but this time I listened to everything and kind of translated what was being said.”

The mikoshi is used as a vehicle for a divine spirit. They vary in their elaborateness, but all are brightly colored and resemble miniature buildings, with pillars, walls, a roof, veranda and a railing.

The mikoshi is mounted on two long wooden rails during festivals and carried on the shoulders of residents around the areas of the temple that is dedicated to the local deity.

CFAY Commanding Officer David Owen observed the parade from a review stand set up on Blue Street with Yokosuka City Mayor Yuto Yoshida. He encourages all Sailors to get off the base and enjoy some of the local traditions and culture while stationed in Japan.

“First of all, I tell Sailors, ‘if you’ve never taken part in it, make sure you come out and see one,’” said Owen. “And then I challenge them to come out and carry one of these mikoshi. Take part, get out there, carry a mikoshi and experience what it’s like to be part of this ancient cultural tradition.”