Sakai Matsuri
sakai matsuri 堺まつり sakai festival one three largest annual event sakai city along sakai citizen’s olympics sakai city agricultural festival sakai matsuri held annually third weekend october every year since along oshoji symbol road sakaiku sakai matsuri mainly organised sakai tourism convention bureau first sakai matsuri held alternative event sakai grand evening fish market held every year since festival main event preparade party grand parade grand tea ceremony namban market held civic square front sakai city office area around sakai ginza shopping arcade preparade opening event held saturday parade sakai civic hall preparade party feature local performer entertainer manzai comedian well futondaiko performance outside held xavier park namban market recreate culture sakais prosperous merchant middle age market feature local product sale including sakai knife wagashi incense kombu textile well booth offering world food various promotional stand stage event stage performance include music concert dance marching band performance local starting sunday front kumano elementary school held along onekilometre mi stretch oshoji st ichi elementary school strong grand parade transforms street pedestrian paradise folk costume around world folk dance bicycleunicycle performance matchlock gun salute kind group performer closing around pm futondaiko held simultaneously daisen park nanshuji temple daisen park ceremony openair tea ceremony hosted university kindergarten student together sencha association also koto shakuhachi performance well japanese confectionery sale nanshuji temple ceremony seated openair tea ceremony sansenke style three school tea ceremony descend sennorikyu’s style sakai tourism convention bureau sakai city website