Hikone Castle Festival Parade
小江戸彦根の城まつりパレード
A period-costume parade of nearly 1,000 people through the castle town of Hikone, held every 3 November.
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滋賀縣共 4 項活動,依日期排列。
小江戸彦根の城まつりパレード
A period-costume parade of nearly 1,000 people through the castle town of Hikone, held every 3 November.
近江八幡 左義長まつり
Nationally designated folk festival from Oda Nobunaga's Azuchi: huge sagicho torches decorated with sculptures made of dried foods are paraded, crashed together in 'kenka' bouts and burned at 20:00 on the second day.
長浜曳山まつり
UNESCO-listed festival where boys aged 5-12 perform kabuki on 400-year-old gilded floats; traced to Hideyoshi's gift celebrating the birth of his son. Coincides with Nagahama's cherry blossom.
びわ湖大花火大会
Around 10,000 fireworks launched over Lake Biwa from barges off Otsu Port, Kansai's biggest summer display.