2024-09-16 22:53
🎎The Hanamaki Festival is one of the 3 biggest in Iwate, the other 2 being Sansa Odori in Morioka and the Mizusawa Festival in Oshuu. The streets of downtown Hanamaki are usually rather quiet but for 3 days in September they come to life with hundreds floats and portable shrines. People from all ages participate in the fun from elementary school children to adults. There are many side activities as well during the festival.
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