Kawagoe Dolls

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Kawagoe Daruma -
Kawagoe Festival 川越祭り





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A head full of money !


© PHOTO :　capucino

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川越だるまの矢嶋美夏
Dolls from Yashima Minatsu





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Reference : Daruma market in Kawagoe

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Kawagoe Daruma Mikoshi 川越だるま神輿



Made by Sato San 佐藤光興
For the exhibition at Kawagoe in the Museum

川越市立博物館企画展｢だるまさん大集合｣
Reference

　Daruma Exhibition at Kawagoe Museum
川越市立博物館へだるま展 　　
March 2009

. Daruma Festival Floats (mikoshi, danjiri)

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Kawagoe Festival 川越祭り
Held for two days on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of October, the Kawagoe Festival is Koedo-Kawagoe ’s liveliest event of the year. Famed for its Kurazukuri (traditional architecture) zone, this city is one of the Kanto Region’s foremost sightseeing spots, and it attracts large numbers of visitors each year.

- Hikkawase
The Kawagoe Festival’s biggest highlight: ‘Hikkawase’
As they face each other, the several festival floats compete with each other in a hayashi performance (a traditional Japanese orchestra comprised of flutes, drums, handbells and dancing), cheered on by the excited voices of festival-goers holding aloft paper lanterns.
The excitement reaches its climax with the evening ‘Hikkawase’.
The Kawagoe Festival has developed both by maintaining a history of over 360 years as an invaluable town festival that preserves the style and elegance of the Edo "Tenka Matsuri", as well as by adding its own unique Kawagoe features.
In 2005, the festival was designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property under the title of ‘Kawagoe Hikawa Festival Float Event’
- source : kawagoematsuri.jp

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川越氷川神社 Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja
埼玉県川越市宮下町2-11-3

This shrine is famous for its
. enmusubi 縁結 finding a good partner .


In a tunnel are all the ema 絵馬 votive tablets.

. 柿本人麻呂神社 Kakinomoto Hitomaro Jinja .
川越氷川神社（柿本人麻呂神社）：埼玉県川越市宮下町2-11-3 / Saitama, Kawagoe
He is also celebrated as protector of fires 防火の神.

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Kita-In Daruma Market in Kawagoe,
Saitama, on January 3rd. 喜多院、川越
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