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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog. 第十一区37 views
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Shinmachi-dori float leaving the shrine. 新町通り37 views
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Watch your step!37 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会37 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会 Lots of peas and beans.37 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会37 views
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog. 第十一区37 views
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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37 views
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Honmachi float 本町37 views
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Honmachi float 本町37 views
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通り37 views
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町37 views
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Dai-ikku children's float. 第一区37 views
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Dai-niku float sold this hand towel and mini Sagicho for ¥500. 第二区37 views
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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.37 views
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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).37 views
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Float leader directing the float bearers carrying the float. Jukku-kai float. 十区会37 views
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Miyauchi-cho float won 3rd place in the float design competition. 宮内町37 views
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At 6 pm, the children's floats are torched first. Sanwakai children's float is set afire.37 views
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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.37 views
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The 13 floats don't coordinate their designs. They don't share their design plans with other floats.36 viewsSo no one knows who will make which breed of dog until the festival day. Didn't see any chihuahua nor dachshunds.
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On the first day (Sat.), the floats are paraded along the streets as they go to Himure Hachimangu Shrine and undergo judging for best design. The floats are works of art and made of edible materials mounted on a straw and wood base. Sanwakai float. 参和36 viewsMarch 17, 2018
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Sanwakai float approaching the shrine. 参和会36 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会36 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会36 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会36 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会36 views
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Float leader directing the float bearers carrying the float. Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町36 views
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Dai-niku float 第二区36 views
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町 (Visited this float's studio a week before.)36 views
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Miyauchi-cho float 宮内町36 views
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Grounds of Himure Hachimangu Shrine which holds the Sagicho Matsuri. 日牟禮八幡宮36 views
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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.36 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会36 views
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Along the procession route, the floats take a break every once in a while. Shichikukai floats. 紫竹会36 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会36 views
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Dai-Juikku float. 第十一区36 views
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Miyauchi-cho float 宮内町36 views
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通り36 views
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区36 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会36 views
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Suwai-cho float is stuck against the wall. 仲屋町36 views
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Jukku-kai float takes a fall. 十区会36 views
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Dai-niku float takes a fall. 第二区36 views
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Materials for float-making at Suwai-cho. 仲屋町35 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会35 views
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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.35 views
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Miyauchi-cho float leaving the shrine to join the procession. 宮内町35 views
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Suwai-cho float leaving the shrine for the procession. 仲屋町35 views
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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.35 views
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Honmachi float 本町35 views
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町35 views
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区34 views
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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.32 views
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Honmachi float 本町31 views
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It's called "Suigo Meguri" (waterway cruise). Following the boat driver/captain.22 views
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