2018 Autumn Festival of Sawara Grand Festival #9

It is called one of the Kanto three biggest festival car Festival, and a "big festival summer festival of Sawara" and the autumn festival (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage / country finger Sadashige pivot immaterial folk cultural assets) have the tradition for approximately 300 years.
Taste is plentiful, and the state to advance to while grazing the edge of the eaves of houses in cityscape (country choice traditional buildings preservation district) called small Edo reminds of a scene in the Edo era while letting the sound of the Japan's three biggest musical accompaniment "Sawara musical accompaniment" sound through the downtown.
As for the festival car of the pride, a solid sculpture of the Kanto carving is displayed in the main body made with a total zelkova, and large dolls for 4m in height produced in the upper part by an expert puppeteer for Edo, the Meiji period are decorated.
Ten floats pull the east side whole area (Motoshuku district) across Onogawa, and the summer festival of July that is the Yasaka-jinja Shrine Gion festival is turned.
On the other hand, 14 floats pull the Western whole area (Shinjuku district) of Onogawa, and the autumn festival of October that is Suwa-jinja Shrine autumn festival is turned.
One festival car of a summer festival and the autumn festival is a change and, in "the riverside district Sawara festival car hall ," is displayed two.
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