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Matthew Haswell | profile | all galleries >> Japan 日本 >> Japanese Festivals 日本の祭り >> Hikone-jō Matsuri 彦根城祭り

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Hikone-jō Matsuri 彦根城祭り

The main annual festival of Himeji city, taking place during the first three days of November and centering around a parade featuring children in traditional costume

Elementary school marching band	Another elementary school band	Taikō drummers	'Warrior' in kamishimo dress
More local men in ceremonial warrior dress	Horseback child daimyō	Young boys in traditional dress	Local girls in traditional dress
Young girls in kimono	Girls in noble and religious dress	The samurai arrive	Group of samurai
Towards the end of the parade	Local men in happi coats

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