Hakata Gion Yamagasa Festival
One of the most exciting summer festival in Japan
takes place from July 1 to 15 and is held at Kushida-jinja Shrine in Hakata.
There are two kinds of festival floats called Yamagasa. One is Kazari-yamagasa
with 15 meters high, a gorgeously decorated festival float which is decked with
elaborate dolls and castles. The other is Kakiyamakasa with 6 meters high, a simply
decorated festival float which is made for carrying on the shoulders and used
The festival features the exciting race called Oiyama climaxing on July 15.
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Teams of men clad in short happi-coats and loincloths dash down the city street at full
speed carrying their own one-ton Kakiyamakasa on their shoulders along a 5-kilometer course.
A spectacle that must be seen to be believed.
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