会津白虎まつり Aizu-byakko-matsuri Aizu Autumn Festival
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Aizu Autumn Festival, held for 3 days from the 22nd to the 24th of September every year, is the largest festival in Aizuwakamatsu City. It features a number of events that attract visitors from all over the neighboring areas. The festival begins with the fantastic parade of 1,000 citizens with lanterns in their hand. The Aizu Bandai-san Bon Dance Festival is also held in town.
The following day begins with the highlight of the festival, the Byakko-gyoretsu, a procession of about 500 people dressed in traditional costumes from different periods in the history of the Aizu domain, which set out from Tsuruga Castle after giving the thanksgiving ceremony for those warriors in the Edo period (1603-1868). Some volunteers represent the successive generations of Aizu daimyos (feudal lords). The procession is completed with the Byakko-tai, a troop of boys under the age of eighteen, who committed ritual suicide out of loyalty to their lord.
Aizu Autumn Festival is the biggest event in the city of Aizu Wakamatsu, in which citizens commemorate the warriors who lost their lives in the Boshin War at the very end of the Tokugawa Shogunate period. It also tells citizens that autumn has come to this historic city.
The following day begins with the highlight of the festival, the Byakko-gyoretsu, a procession of about 500 people dressed in traditional costumes from different periods in the history of the Aizu domain, which set out from Tsuruga Castle after giving the thanksgiving ceremony for those warriors in the Edo period (1603-1868). Some volunteers represent the successive generations of Aizu daimyos (feudal lords). The procession is completed with the Byakko-tai, a troop of boys under the age of eighteen, who committed ritual suicide out of loyalty to their lord.
Aizu Autumn Festival is the biggest event in the city of Aizu Wakamatsu, in which citizens commemorate the warriors who lost their lives in the Boshin War at the very end of the Tokugawa Shogunate period. It also tells citizens that autumn has come to this historic city.
- address
- Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture 965-0000
- name
- Aizu Autumn Festival
- phone
- 0242-24-3000