2024 Machida Jidai Matsuri Festival
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Machida Jidai Matsuri Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Regional Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2024 2nd Term Regional Grant
Business Overview
There are many places in Machida City that were related to Kamakura samurai and peasant soldiers, and in Daisen-ji Temple in Shimo-Oyamada-cho, there is a grave of the Oyamada family who were said to be the powerful gokenin of the Kamakura bakufu. There is also a legend in Naruse that Yoshisada NITTA saddled a pine tree to rest his horse when he attacked Kamakura. On the other hand, in Onoji-cho (Onoji-mura at that time), Isami KONDO, Toshizo HIJIKATA, Soji OKITA and others are said to have attended swordsmanship training at the end of the Edo period, and thereafter the Onoji Farmers' Corps was formed and swordsmanship and gunnery training were actively conducted. The Machida Jidai Matsuri is held every October as a festival where visitors can feel the history and culture of the area, and shows off events such as the Jidai procession, gunnery, iai and yabusame.
- Period of Activity / Project
- November 4, 2024 (Mon)
- Venues
- Serigatani Park (Machida City, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Machida Jidai Matsuri Executive Committee]
The Machida Jidai Matsuri 2010 was organized for the purpose of letting people in and out of the city feel the history and culture of Machida City. The first Machida Jidai Matsuri was held in October 2010. Machida Jidai Matsuri is a festival in which jidai parades, gunnery, iai and yabusame are performed. The Machida Jidai Matsuri Festival, which is popular among foreign visitors to Japan, is one of the few places in the Kanto region where you can see iaihatto, gunnery, and yabusame at the same time.