5/20/2012

*゜*。**Toukasan Festival*゜*。**

Date: June 1st(Fri), 2nd(Sat), 3rd(Sun) 
Time: 12:00 - 23:00

It's getting hotter and humid in Hiroshima these days.. Summer is on its way for sure! Before starting Summer, One of the three biggest festivals in Hiroshima will be held in early June!

☆☆TOUKASAN FESTIVAL ☆☆

Toukasan is the summer festival for the god of Touka Daimyoujin at Enryuji temple in Hiroshima city.


The festival is also known as the Yukata Festival.  Yukata is like a summer robe.
People in Hiroshima are supposed to begin wearing it from this day on.


During the three days of the festival, hundreds of street stalls with games and snack foods appear along Chuo Dori Avenue

 

Mean while, there is a parade of cheerful Bon-dance dancers preceding the coming of summertime.



Today the Toukasan Festival is recognised as a seasonal event to let people know of the arrival of summer. The atendance throughout the festival depends on the weather, but averages as many as 450,000 every year!!

We sell Yukata with special wooden shoes (geta)←(specail shoes for Yukata) from 3500yen.
 

Also it's about only 20minutes on foot to Enryuji temple from HANA hostel, so,let's dress up in beautiful Yukata and enjoy the beginning of summer in Hiroshima!!

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