Machida Jidai Matsuri Executive Committee
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- 2023 Machida Jidai Matsuri Festival
- subsidy category
- Regional Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 5(2023) 2nd Term Regional Grant [New in FY2023]
Business Overview
In Machida City, there are areas related to the Kamakura samurai and the army of farmers. Daisen-ji Temple in Shimo-Oyamada-cho contains the graves of the Oyamada family, who are said to have been powerful vassals of the Kamakura shogunate. There is also a legend in Naruse that Yoshisada NITTA saddled a pine tree to let his horse rest 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 training in swordplay at the end of the Edo period, and thereafter the Onoji Farmer Corps was formed and swordplay and gunnery training were actively conducted. The Machida Jidai Matsuri is held every October as a festival where you can feel the history and culture of the region while thinking about the samurai and farmers of Kamakura.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Sunday, October 22, 2023
- Venues
- Serigatani Park (Machida City, Tokyo)
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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 iai tachi, gunnery, and yabusame at the same time.
Participating organizations:
・ All Japan Toyama-ryu Kyuba-kai
・ All Japan Toyama-ryu Iaido Renmei Seizan-kai
・ All Japan Tamiya-ryu Iaido Renmei Gisen-kai
・ Yagyu Shingan-ryu school
・ Morishige school of gunnery