Nagoya Festival 2010

This weekend is the 56th Nagoya Festival commemorating Nagoya's 400th anniversary.       

"This year is Nagoya's long-awaited 400th anniversary. Nagoya, a City of Samurai Warriors which produced many great warriors in feudal times. I want to make people aware of this unique culture and appeal while developing the city in a way that people can feel a closeness with its history. Nagoya Festival started in 1955, and it is the grandest festival to enliven the city in autumn. Of course, the highlight of the festival is the procession of the Three Feudal Lords. The Three Feudal Lords, Nobunaga, Hideyoshim and Ieyasu are accompanied by around 700 arnored warriors and foot soilders in an intense battle as they march around the downtown area displaying a gorgeous and extravagant procession much like those depicted in old picture scrolls. On top of all that, this year we are celebrating the city's 400th anniversary, and on Saturday, the 16th, there will be a Grand Dashi Float Festival and the Kiyosu-goshi Dream Walk. COP 10 will be help in Nagoya in October of this year, which is one of the reasons the world's attention is focused on Nagoya. Let's come together under the refreshing autumn sky and set the mood for Nagoya to go down in history"

Takashi Kawamura,

Mayor of Nagoya 

 My friends and I spent most of yesturday enjoying this wonderful festival. We started off in Sakae around noon. There were manys different attractions here. From street vendors selling tornado fries to a concert in Oasis to a Japanese style fashion show to a chopstick making stall. After visiting all of these, we went back to the location where the parade was going to pass and waited to get our spot. The parade lasted about 2 hours and consisted of many amazing floats, costumes and dancers.

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