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Reisai abbr.
relig.	The "regular festival" (usually a special annual matsuri) of a shrine. It refers to a matsuri and a day specially connected with or particular to a shrine, as opposed to nationally scheduled or minor festivals. It may correspond to the spring or harvest matsuri or perhaps commemorate a special event connected with the kami or the shrine, such as its founding A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking)