Waka Matsuri
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The festival is to ease the soul of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate known as Tosho-daigongen. It features a dancing parade through Wakanoura, which is famous for its scenic beauty, and Mikoshi-oroshi, which is the carrying of a portable shrine down the long slope.
Details
- Category
- Portable shrine・Parade・Performing art・Dance
- Location(s)
- Kishutoshogu shrine and Kataonami area
- Date(s) of Matsuri
- The second Sunday in May
- Access
- Twenty minutes bus ride from JR Wakayama Station to Wakauraguchi bus stop, and five minutes walk from the bus stop
- URL
- URL
- Conservation Group
- Waka Matsuri Hozonkai
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