2nd Hachioji Yokoyama Minami Marching Festival

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Hachioji Yokoyama Minami Marching Festival Executive Committee

subsidy category

Grant for Creating Attractive Art and Culture

Grant Type

single year

FY 2022 Grant for Creating Attractive Arts and Culture (newly established in FY 2022)

The 2nd Hachioji Yokoyama Minami Marching Festival (2022) Photo by Masaru Nakatsuka

The 2nd Hachioji Yokoyama Minami Marching Festival (2022) Photo by Masaru Nakatsuka

The 2nd Hachioji Yokoyama Minami Marching Festival (2022) Photo by Masaru Nakatsuka

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Business Overview

This was the 2nd edition of the festival, and in addition to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Hachioji City Fire Brigade, which are familiar to the people of Tokyo, the parade was captivated by leading marching bands from Hachioji High School and Nihonbashi Junior High School, as well as Soka Renaissance Vanguard, which has won the National Grand Prix and the Prime Minister's Award 17 times in Japan. The marching festival, which lasted for 2 hours on a course of about 1 km with 4 lanes of traffic controlled, was run by volunteers of about 400 local residents as an event handmade by the residents, and attracted about 10,000 spectators. [Performers] Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Music Band, Kunugida Elementary School Music Committee, Soka Gakkai Fuji Drum and Fue Band, Hachioji High School Brass Band, Soka University Pride of SOKA, Shimizu Elementary School Brass Band, Kunugida and Yokoyama Junior High School Brass Band Joint Team, Chuo Ward Nihonbashi Junior High School Brass Band, Soka Renaissance Vanguard, Hachioji Fire Fighting Memorial Association, Hachioji City Fire Brigade Music Band, Mejirodai Taiko, Wadaiko Gamichi Musashi

implementation period

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Place of implementation

Kunugida Remains Koen-dori Street (Hachioji City, Tokyo)

Profile

【 Hachioji Yokoyama Minami Marching Festival Executive Committee 】
This executive committee was formed in October 2019 by the residents of Yokoyama Minami district in Hachioji City to hold the marching festival.
It was all new to us, and while we were groping our way through the preparations, with the support of many people, sponsors, and organizations, we were able to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and successfully hold the first event in May 2021.
This is the second competition, and we aim to hold it again in the future. Through marching, we hope to contribute to the promotion of culture and art in Tokyo.