{"id":76202,"date":"2010-11-15T22:54:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T13:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=196"},"modified":"2019-04-03T00:31:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:31:33","slug":"samurai-costume-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/events\/samurai-costume-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Samurai Costume Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year Nov 3 is the day of Matsumoto Citizen’s Festival and Matsumoto Castle Festival.
\nThe main event of the festivals is a samurai warrior costume parade held in the afternoon.
\nIt starts at Matsumoto Castle<\/a>, parades around downtown, and comes back to the castle two hours later.
\nThis year I watched it.
\nMore than 200 people including boys and girls walked slowly in front of modern buildings.
\nSome boys and girls were dressed as cute ninjas.
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Small ninjas<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Girl warriors?<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A man featured as a lord and a previous “Miss Matsumoto” featured as a princess.
\nYou can enjoy the Kurosawa movie’s world live!
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Lord<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Princess<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Also, tea parties<\/a>, boys and girls kendo and naginata (traditional martial arts) competitions<\/a>, and other events were held in Matsumoto Castle Festival on the same day.<\/p>\n