Annual Hachioji Festival will be held
between August 4th (Friday) and 6th (Sunday)! It is one of the major traditional
festivals in Tokyo area which people can enjoy watching Mikoshi (portable
shrines) and Dashi (decorated festival carts), typical traditional Japanese
festival items.
In Hachioji Festival, usually about 20
Dashi carts march along the National Road 20. Moreover, the oldest Dashi cart in Hachioji which was build in Samurai era is going to be displayed after 30 years storage. It was repaired as one of the projects for 100th anniversary of Hachioji City this year.
Please look at the photo of Dashi carts
displaying the names of the neighborhood communities. None of them look the
same. They also vie for people’s attention with their festival music and
performances on their Dashi carts. Watching the competition of Dashi carts is
definitely one of the biggest attractions of the festival!
How about coming to see which design you like the best?
