Karatsu Kunchi
karatsu kunchi 唐津くんち suffix kunchi simply meaning festival japanese matsuri take place annually november city karatsu saga prefecture japan island kyūshū event take place november rd national holiday japan called culture day major event karatsu calendar regularly drawing crowd anywhere people surrounding area course event festival feature daily parade fourteen hikiyama massive float form samurai helmet sea bream dragon fantastical creature constructed wood lacquer material float — stand five six meter weigh anywhere two five ton — drawn street city team bearer selected family living fourteen traditional neighborhood karatsu chant enya enya enyaoryoisa yoisa yoisa music taiko drummer flutist perched float base event coordinated local shinto shrine near float stored rest year held several century current incarnation float constructed festival designated important intangible folk cultural property includes name float district represents construction date red lion 赤獅子 built katanamachi district green lion 中町の青獅子 built nakamachi district turtle urashima taro カメと浦島太郎 zaimokumachi district taro originally gem turtle first built samurai minamoto yoshitsunes kabuto 源義経の兜 gofukumachi sea bream鯛 uoyamachi phoenixshaped ship 鳳凰丸 oishimachi flying dragon 飛龍 shinmachi golden lion 金獅子 hommachi takeda shingens kabuto 武田信玄の兜 kiwatamachi uesugi kenshins kabuto 上杉謙信の兜 hiranomachi drunken ogre minamoto yorimitsus kabuto 酒呑童子と源頼光の兜 lion orb 珠取獅子 kyomachi tigerheaded orca鯱 kakomachi boat seven treasure 七宝丸 egawamachi disappeared black lion 黒獅子 konyamachi nagasaki kunchi japan atlas karatsu kunchi festival sightseeing japanese festival fukuoka event calendar