桃花祭御神能
Toka-sai festival
毎年４月１５日に桃花祭が行われます。桃の花を御祭神に供える祭典で１１の舞楽が厳島神社高舞台で捧納されます。翌日１６日から３日間（９am～４pm)、全国から４００人もの能楽師が集まり、厳島神社能舞台で能・狂言が奉納されます。厳島神社の昇殿料３００円で皆様にお楽しみいただけます。美しい衣装や調度にも目を奪われます！
Toka-sai is held every year on April 15h. The festival is starting with the ritual of offering peach blossoms to the God. And Bugaku (court dance) and music are performed by Shinto prists with a joy of beautiful spring seasons. Several Noh (noh play) are performed on the Itsukushima shrine noh stage from April 16 to 18 (9am-4pm) as the post-event of the Toka-sai. With your 300yen entrance fee to the shrine, you can enjoy this marvelous performance. 400 professoinal noh performers all over Japan and coming for the event and their traditional costumes are also stunning!
