Hamamatsu Kite Festival
hamamatsu kite festival 浜松まつり japanese festival hamamatsu generally known multiple kite along lot kite battle day held festival also display example japanese culture food general item available purchase merchant booth festivalthe hamamatsu festival held every year may hamamatsu city shizuoka prefecture citizen festival also one largest festival japan attracting approximately million visitor year festival spectacular kiteflying battle take place nakatajima sand dune night festival move downtown area float parade city said kite flying festival began year ago lord hikuma castle ruled hamamatsu surrounding area flew kite celebrate birth first son however little literary evidence support legend climate area suitable kite flying strong wild wind known enshu karakaze” climate suitable kite flying therefore custom flying kite celebrate birth child tradition deeply rooted region tako kite battle） yatai neri participant say oisho oisho hamamatsu first son birth celebration hatsuiwai初祝い festival held three day may every year hamamatsu kite festival kite battle called takogassen凧合戦 done takoba凧場 takoba nakatajima since kite kite first son birth celebration called hatsudako初凧 kite battle kite flown sky signaled sound firework launched nakatajima sand dune first kite flown first kite celebrates birth first child firstborn child dressed festival costume main person fly kite within father arm encouraged sound trumpet many hundred people join kite battle may town kite flown simultaneously signal opening firework kite battle begin kite called kenka tako fighting kite made cutting kite string friction twisting hemp thread mm thick together yatai also called godenyatai御殿屋台 float parade neighborhood association compete parade float display beauty gotenyatai float decorate downtown area child playing japanese flute drum ride float float elaborately decorated many featuring spectacular carving night fall float depart sound shamisen played flute drum played child wear festival costume riding float called ohayashi festival reach climax sound drum flute echo night sky takoba also neri order celebrate called hatsuneri初練り neri parade lead person carry neighborhood flag followed dozen lantern bearer town night gather hatsukos house parade house eldest son born family offer cooking everyone order appreciate kite flying parade full passion accompanied sound trumpet drum cry oicho oicho reach fever pitch participant jostling pushing around festive excitement form swirling frenzy called gekineri brokered homeland japanese brazilian migrant japan page isbn art japanese kite tal streeter page san francisco san francisco magazine incorporated medium related hamamatsu matsuri wikimedia common official site japanese hamamatsu matsuri archived wayback machine nhk video