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Inside a San'in Line train.Oct 03, 2018
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JR Kurayoshi Station with Conan train.Oct 03, 2018
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JR Kurayoshi Station with Conan train.Oct 03, 2018
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JR Kurayoshi Station with Conan train.Oct 03, 2018
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JR Kurayoshi Station on the JR San'in Line.Oct 03, 2018
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Komyoji Temple with red roof tiles.Oct 03, 2018
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Earthquake damage on the plaster.Oct 03, 2018
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Kurayoshi, Tottori manhole.Oct 03, 2018
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Dairenji TempleOct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple bellOct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple in Kurayoshi, Tottori also has graves of local merchants who made it rich and local samurai. 大蓮寺Oct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple in Kurayoshi, Tottori also has graves of local merchants who made it rich and local samurai. 大蓮寺Oct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple main hall in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 大蓮寺Oct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple main hall in Kurayoshi, Tottori. Belongs to the Jodo-shu Buddhist sect. 大蓮寺Oct 03, 2018
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Ring out the old year with the temple bell.Oct 03, 2018
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Old telephone.Oct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple bell.Oct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple.Oct 03, 2018
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Dairenji Temple.Oct 03, 2018
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Gate to Dairenji Temple.Oct 03, 2018
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To Dairenji Temple.Oct 03, 2018
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To Benten Hall.Oct 03, 2018
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Benten Hall 弁財天堂Oct 03, 2018
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Benzaiten Hall next to Dairenji Temple. 弁財天堂Oct 03, 2018
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Signs in English.Oct 03, 2018
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Small museum for Yokozuna Kotozakura. Too bad it was closed when I was there. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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Monument for Yokozuna Kotozakura. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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Monument for Yokozuna Kotozakura. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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About Yokozuna Kotozakura. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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Back view of statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a grand champion sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori.Oct 03, 2018
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a grand champion sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a grand champion sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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Kotozakura was active in the 1960s-70s and later became a successful sumo stable master training wrestlers like Kotokaze and Kotonowaka. 横綱琴櫻Oct 03, 2018
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This street corner had a large monument for Yokozuna Kotozakura, a sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi.Oct 03, 2018
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Tamagawa River 玉川と研屋町の町並みOct 03, 2018
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Mt. Utsubuki where there was a castle until 1615. 打吹山Oct 03, 2018
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The main Shirakabe kura warehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館Oct 03, 2018
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The main Shirakabe kura warehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館Oct 03, 2018
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The main Shirakabe kura warehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館Oct 03, 2018
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The main Shirakabe kura storehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館Oct 03, 2018
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The main Shirakabe kura storehouses in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館Oct 03, 2018
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The main kura storehouses here. 赤瓦二号館Oct 03, 2018
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Road where I got off the bus.Oct 03, 2018
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Kurayoshi's Shirakabe White-Wall Warehouses are in a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区) named Utsubuki-Tamagawa (打吹玉川).This used to be a castle town until 1615. It was a commercial district up to the 1920s. About 100 traditional buildings with white walls (kura storehouses) and red roof tiles remain. The Tottori earthquake in Oct. 2016 damaged a few white walls. A short bus ride from JR Kurayoshi Station. Oct 03, 2018
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Map of Shirakabe Warehouse district in Kurayoshi. The district is compact, easy to walk around.Oct 03, 2018
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Line for the bus back to Omi-Hachiman Station.Oct 02, 2018
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They run around the burning float.Oct 02, 2018
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Since they burn multiple floats at the same time, you can't photograph them all burning.Oct 02, 2018
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The larger floats are burned from 8 pm. They burn 5 or 6 floats at a time until 10:30 pm. Miyauchi-cho float. 宮内町Oct 02, 2018
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Honmachi float arrive at the shrine for the fiery festival climax.Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-Juikku float in the shrine at night. 第十一区 Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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No one cares about the damaged dogs because the floats would all be burned in the end. It's a fire festival and a variant of the dondo-yaki fire festival that burns New Year's decorations in mid-Jan. The fire supposed to make you young again.Oct 02, 2018
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At 6 pm, the children's floats are torched first. Sanwakai children's float is set afire.Oct 02, 2018
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai children's float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai children's float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区Oct 02, 2018
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Lots of straw on the ground, serves up lots of dust.Oct 02, 2018
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Uwai-cho float vs. Dai-ikku. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区Oct 02, 2018
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Miyauchi-cho float won 3rd place in the float design competition. 宮内町Oct 02, 2018
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Uwai-cho float takes a fall. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-niku float's dog with no head. 第二区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-niku float takes a fall. 第二区Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float takes a fall. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float at the shrine. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Float leader directing the float bearers carrying the float. Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Uwai-cho float partying. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float at battle. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog. 第十一区 Oct 02, 2018
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町Oct 02, 2018
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Suwai-cho float is stuck against the wall. 仲屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通りOct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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This clashing (or crashing) of floats is called "kenka" (fight). It lasts until 5 pm in front of the shrine (parking lot).Oct 02, 2018
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The float battles are prone to damage the float decorations. A few dogs lost their heads or broke their legs in the battles. All those intricate works of art, only to be soon destroyed. But no one really cares.Oct 02, 2018
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Cute doggie pouches. Suwai-cho. 仲屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog is a fighter. 第十一区Oct 02, 2018
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March 18, 2018: On the festival's 2nd day (Sun.), the floats are paraded from 10:30 am and arrive at the shrine by 2 pm. All the floats all gathered at the shrine again (a large parking lot) and held float battles (kenka). The floats paired up and rammed each other and pushed until the other float toppled.Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-niku float sold these hand towels for ¥500. 第二区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-niku float sold this hand towel and mini Sagicho for ¥500. 第二区Oct 02, 2018
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Sanwakai float. 参和会Oct 02, 2018
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Sanwakai float losing strength. 参和会Oct 02, 2018
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-niku float 第二区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-ikku children's float. 第一区Oct 02, 2018
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通りOct 02, 2018
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通りOct 02, 2018
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Honmachi float 本町Oct 02, 2018
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Miyauchi-cho float 宮内町Oct 02, 2018
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Miyauchi-cho float 宮内町Oct 02, 2018
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Held during the weekend in mid-March, the Sagicho Matsuri is a dramatic parade and clashing of 13 or 14 colorful Sagicho floats. On the first day at 1 pm, 14 Sagicho Festival floats gather at Himure Hachimangu Shrine near Hachiman-bori Canal.The festival has 13 handmade floats featuring the year's Chinese zodiac creature. 2018 is the Year of the Dog, so all the Sagicho floats have a dog. Short bus ride from Omi-Hachiman Station. These festival photos were taken on March 17–18, 2018.Oct 02, 2018
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This was the winning float design. Another Tosa fighting dog. Sure looks like a lot of work went into this. I didn't have a chance to ask what the yellow braids were made of. Dai-Juikku float. 第十一区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog. 第十一区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-Juikku float. 第十一区Oct 02, 2018
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Cuttlefish slices and little silvery fish. Ikeda-machi float. 池田町Oct 02, 2018
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Along the procession route, the floats take a break every once in a while. Shichikukai floats. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会 Lots of peas and beans.Oct 02, 2018
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町Oct 02, 2018
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Cleanup crew.Oct 02, 2018
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Shrine priest on horseback and behind him on another horse is the mayor of Omi-Hachiman who serves as the Honorary Chairman of the Sagicho Festival.Oct 02, 2018
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On Sat., the first day of the two-day festival, there is a procession from 2 pm. It is led by these shrine officials and the shrine priest on horseback.Oct 02, 2018
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Sanwakai float. 参和会Oct 02, 2018
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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In front of the torii and Hakuunkan. Uwai-cho float leaving the shrine. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Suwai-cho float leaving the shrine for the procession. 仲屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Shinmachi-dori float leaving the shrine. 新町通りOct 02, 2018
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Miyauchi-cho float leaving the shrine to join the procession. 宮内町Oct 02, 2018
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From 2 pm, the procession starts and the floats start to exit the shrine. Oct 02, 2018
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Float design judge.Oct 02, 2018
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Some drinking and partying on the side.Oct 02, 2018
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Great spectacle and chance to see all the floats during this time. Later in the early afternoon, they will leave the shrine for a procession around the town.Oct 02, 2018
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This is in front of the shrine where all 13 floats gathered and lined up. Judges examined the floats to determine the winning float designs.Oct 02, 2018
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Grounds of Himure Hachimangu Shrine which holds the Sagicho Matsuri. 日牟禮八幡宮Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog. 第十一区Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai children's float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Honmachi float 本町Oct 02, 2018
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Miyauchi-cho float 宮内町Oct 02, 2018
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通りOct 02, 2018
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町 (Visited this float's studio a week before.)Oct 02, 2018
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町Oct 02, 2018
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区Oct 02, 2018
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Azuchi Castle on Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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This is in front of the shrine where all the floats gathered and lined up. Judges examined the floats to determine the winning float designs.Oct 02, 2018
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Float leader directing the float bearers carrying the float. Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町Oct 02, 2018
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All the floats gather at Himure Hachimangu Shrine. Sagicho Festival,Oct 02, 2018
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町 Oct 02, 2018
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会Oct 02, 2018
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Another festival highlight are the cosplayer float bearers. Long before cosplaying became a fad in Japan, the festival had costumers. According to legend, warlord Oda Nobunaga disguised himself lavishly when he joined in the festival. Modern people took that as a hint and started cosplaying in the festival decades ago.Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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This one has a picture of the famous Azuchi Castle which is in Omi-Hachiman. The castle was built by warlord Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. This festival originated in Azuchi. Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-niku float 第二区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-ikku float's Tosa dog. 第一区Oct 02, 2018
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In front of the torii gate, two floats join up.Oct 02, 2018
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Float bearers spin around while shouting "Cho-yare" or "Masse masse!" Dai-niku float 第二区Oct 02, 2018
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区Oct 02, 2018
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They shout "Cho-yare!" or "Masse-masse!" It's related to food.「チョウヤレ」「マッセマッセ」Oct 02, 2018
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Sanwakai float decoration was very elaborate. 参和会Oct 02, 2018
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Sanwakai float approaching the shrine. 参和会Oct 02, 2018
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Sanwakai float. 参和会Oct 02, 2018
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