2018長崎くんち 庭見世｜2018 Nagasaki Kunchi Niwamise

Kunchi (くんち), also Nagasaki Kunchi (長崎くんち) or Nagasaki Okunchi (長崎おくんち), is the most famous festival in Nagasaki, Japan. It began as a celebration of autumn harvests in the late 16th century and became a shrine festival when Suwa Shrine was founded in 1642. Another purpose was to check for hidden Christians after the ban on Christianity. This is still evident today in the custom of garden showing (庭見せ niwamise), when the presenting neighbourhoods open up their homes to public scrutiny.

長崎おくんちの庭見世。表通りに面した店舗などに、傘鉾をはじめ、本番に使用する衣装・小道具・楽器などを分散して飾る他、出演者に贈られたお祝い品もところ狭しと並べてご披露します。