Today was the start of Inuyama’s 374th annual spring festival: Inuyama Matsuri. This festival in Inuyama’s castle town has always been held on the first Saturday and Sunday of April ever since it started in 1634. During this festival thirteen three ti... ...full story at Loulogue
from Loulogue on Wed, Apr 09 2008
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Inuyama Castle (english) »
YouTube video The Inuyama Matsuri festival was begun under the patronage of the load of Inuyama Castle, Naruse Masatora, who was affiliated to the Owari Tokugawa family, in 1635, as a festival of the Haritsuna shrine, didicated to the
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Inuyama Matsuri by day » Loulogue Today we met up with Kumiko to enjoy the festival in daylight. Last night we just walked down the street to see the pretty lights on the yamas and eat some festival food, but today we made it all the way to Haritsuna shrine in front of Inuyama castle,... |
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hanashobu matsuri » Adventures In Japan On June 7th & 8th, Ikeda's Suigetsu Park had their annual hanashobu matsuri(iris festival) . We've never been to the festival so we thought it was a great chance to see what it was about.Suigetsu Park has two areas, the upper level has the hanashobu... |
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