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Kawagoe Hikawa Festival
川越氷川祭
Japanese traditional dance
Hikawa Shrine · Kawagoe · Japan
🗓️ When?
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No date recorded — please check with the organiser.
- Founded
- 1648
📍 Where?
- Town
- Hikawa Shrine
- Region
- Kawagoe
- Country
- Japan
- How precise?
- coordinate of the venue
This position is the town's, not the festival ground's.
ℹ️ Details
- Website
- kawagoematsuri.jp
- Status
- unclear
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
The Kawagoe Festival, officially named the Kawagoe Hikawa Festival is a traditional Japanese festival held annually on the third weekend of October in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. It is Kawagoe's biggest event and the festival has more than a 360-year history. It attracts around one million tourists during the two days. The grand pageant of the festival takes place in the castle town of Kawagoe including in the old storehouse zone called Kurazukuri Zone.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article „Kawagoe Hikawa Festival“ (en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.