Nagoya Matsuri

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Nagoya Festival (Nagoya Matsuri)

***** Location: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
***** Season: Mid-Autumn
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

Nagoya matsuri 名古屋祭り Nagoya Festival
third weekend of October



The procession of ancient famous feudal lords, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, is a highlight. More than 700 persons take part in this super-parade.

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The Nagoya festival is perhaps the biggest festival that the city of Nagoya.
The festival started way back in the fifties and has slowly graduated in to being the most important festival of the city. The festival is attended by thousands of people and is a top draw among the tourists and visitors.

The event celebrates three most helmeted samurai heroes belonging to the Nagoya area, the festival is held every year on the third weekend of October. The nucleus of all the activities is the Sakae district mainly around the Oasis 21 complex, Hiasaya-Odori Park and the television tower.

The highlight of the whole Nagoya festival is the Samurai heroes' parade where a humongous parade walks down the road engulfing one and all in the wave of the festivities. Several likenesses of the three feudal lords are seen sitting on the superbly decorated festival floats and are seen having a jolly good time.
source : www.asiarooms.com





Japanese HP
http://www.nagoya-festival.jp/

the various parades
http://www.nagoya-festival.jp/newpage2.html

English PDF guidebook
http://www.nagoya-festival.jp/newpage5.html





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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


. Nagoya Basho 名古屋場所
Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament
kigo for late summer



. Nagoya Castle 名古屋城 Nagoya joo





. Dolls from Nagoya /名古屋張子だるま 　



. WASHOKU ... Food from
Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya


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Other annual festivals in Nagoya

Feburary
Tagata Fertility Festival

June
Atsuta Festival - on the 5th of June at the shrine Atsuta Jingu.

July
Tanabata Festival
Minato Festival (Port Festival)

August
Nagoya Castle Summer Festival


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