Kumagaya Uchiwa Festival
kumagaya uchiwa festival yearly festival occurs saitama prefecture kumagaya city festival held five day july annually festival called uchiwa matsuri uchiwa traditional japanese fan distributed people festival meiji era total dashi child adult march street pulling long thick rope attached dashi traffic controlled festival centimeter hand gong make big sound musical accompaniment district dashi competes musical accompaniment putting dashi next kid adult play ohayashi japanese drumming mikoshi practice playing instrument every summer two month ahead festival uchiwa festival one biggest summer event kumagaya along sakura festival kumagaya firework festival people participate festival referred number one festival kanto region street lined side standselling shop sell yakisoba cotton candy japanese candy shaved ice crepe many kind food toy festival first began mikoshi first made around merchant started give uchiwa customer around time town grew due development silk industry district began buy dashi represent wealth compete district bigger good quality dashi beginning uchiwa festival many prototype carried edo meiji period march festival designated intangible cultural property kumagaya city