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Festival to enjoy traditional performing arts and taste of spring while loving plums. 4600 plums are planted on a site of about 80 thousand square meters. On the main day, February 23 (Sunday and public holiday), traditional performing arts and field dots will be held on stage, as well as the taste of local women's society's handmade home-made home-made home-made meals and local winter dishes from the Hitoyoshi Kuma region.
The Okunchi Festival, which is held every year from October 3 to 11, is the largest autumn festival in the Hitoyoshi Kuma region. On the third day of the first day, a fire festival prays for there to be no unexpected fire during the period was carried out, and from the evening, half-grated and a fire-letter ignition in front of the tower gate signalled the start of the festival. On the 8th, "Kuma Kagura", a nationally designated important intangible folk cultural property, will be dedicated, and the Kagura-den will be wrapped in a mysterious atmosphere. During the Shinko ceremony on the 9th, 2000 people walk around the city, and from the afternoon, a citizen performing arts competition will be held at the precincts.
As a major event in summer, visitors from inside and outside the prefecture visit. Fireworks are not only in the sky, but also vividly displayed on the river surface of the Kuma River, which flows through the city center of Hitoyoshi.
About 3000 cherry trees color the city, and during the flowering period, you can enjoy the space lit up and fantastic. In addition, Marche will be opened at the Cherry Blossom Marathon held on Sunday, March 16, and a large collection of 45 stores will be held on Sunday, March 30. Board games and stage events are also held on Sunday, March 30, and you can fully enjoy the flower viewing of Kikuchi.
About 6700 trees have been planted, mainly Kawazu cherry blossoms, and it is still a young tree now, but it is said that in a few years it will become one of the best spots in Kyushu (Kawazu cherry blossoms), and the cherry blossom festival will be held at the hidden cherry blossom spots.
Local residents and the university cooperated, and the festival of night cherry blossoms and lights that began in 2002. On the approach to the road, about 3000 pieces of handmade washi lanterns and on the branches of cherry blossoms, about 800 hanging lanterns will be hung up, and about 500 stone lanterns from the chest-faced gangi will be lit up. In addition, about 8000 candles are lit every year with the lights of objects that change designs, and the fantastic world spreads. And various tones such as flute, koto, pipa, and synthesizer played at concerts held at temples on the approach, including the main shrine of Honmyoji, create a world of yugen along with the night cherry blossoms.
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