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Sawara-no-Taisai Aki Matsuri
2010.10.8(Fri)〜2010.10.10(Sun)
www.katorishi.com/en-matsuri.html
This festival is, with a 300-year history, and designated as one of National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Assets. It features a parade of 14 beautifully sculptured floats with dolls on tops, marching through the streets in the city from 10 am to 10 pm daily during the festival period.
The highlight of the festival is a parade of all the 14 floats which gather on Yokoshuku-dori Street and on Katori-kaido (old highway) around 5 pm on the 9th. Sawara-bayashi or festival music, and folk dance are demonstrated on the floats from 6 pm until 7:30 pm on the 9th.
www.jnto.go.jp/eng/
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Sawara City (佐原市) is situated in the northeastern part of Chiba Prefecture, bordering on Ibaraki Prefecture across the Tone River. The city is within a range of 70km from Tokyo, 50km from Chiba City and 15km from Narita City. Founded on March 15, 1951.
In 2003, the city had an estimated population of 47,217 and a density of 393.87 persons per km². The total area was 119.88 km².
On March 27, 2006, Sawara and the towns of Omigawa, Yamada and Kurimoto from Katori District merged to form the new city of Katori.
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Dance of Sawara Grand Festival Summer Festival
Floats at Sawara Grand Festival Summer Festival
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Sawara-no-Taisai Aki Matsuri
2010.10.8(Fri)〜2010.10.10(Sun)
This festival is, with a 300-year history, and designated as one of National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Assets. It features a parade of 14 beautifully sculptured floats with dolls on tops, marching through the streets in the city from 10 am to 10 pm daily during the festival period.
The highlight of the festival is a parade of all the 14 floats which gather on Yokoshuku-dori Street and on Katori-kaido (old highway) around 5 pm on the 9th. Sawara-bayashi or festival music, and folk dance are demonstrated on the floats from 6 pm until 7:30 pm on the 9th.
www.jnto.go.jp/eng/
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