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SUMMARY:Nikko Toshogu Grand Spring & Autumn Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Nikko Toshogu Grand Spring and Autumn Festival is an biannu
 al event held at the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko\, Japan on May 17th and Octobe
 r 17th. If features various traditional Japanese performances and ceremonie
 s\, such as a horseback archery demonstration (1pm on the 16th)\, a sacred 
 dance performance\, and a procession of people dressed in traditional samur
 ai costumes.\n\n\n\nOn the 17th\, a grand procession takes place where a po
 rtable shrine called mikoshi is carried through town by 1\,000 people dress
 ed as samurai.\n\n\n\nprocession at nikko grand festival\n\n\n\nsamurai at 
 nikko toshogu grand festival\n\n\n\nThe procession of 1\,000 samurai is fro
 m 11am with portable shrines to the Otabi-sho (Sojourn Hall) before returni
 ng to Toshogu Shrine to re-enact the burial of Tokugawa Ieyasu.\n\n\n\nToku
 gawa Ieyasu\n\n\n\nThe festival is held to honor the memory of Tokugawa Iey
 asu\, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate\, who is enshrined at the Tosho
 gu Shrine.\n\n\n\nDuring the festival\, visitors can witness the ancient ar
 t of yabusame\, which is horseback archery dating back to the Kamakura peri
 od.\n\n\n\nhorseback archer at nikko toshogu grand festival\n\n\n\n \n\n\n
 \nThe yabusame event involves horseback riders shooting arrows at targets w
 hile galloping. This requires a high level of skill and precision\, making 
 it an impressive sight to behold.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/0Ed9u
 3JTvrk\n\n\n\n\nThis procession replicates the funeral of Tokugawa Ieyasu\,
  where his grave was moved from Mt. Kunousan in Shizuoka Prefecture to Nikk
 o.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe festival is a must-see event for anyo
 ne interested in Japanese culture and history.\n\n\n\nhorse at nikko toshog
 u grand festival\n\n\n\nfood stalls at grand festival
LOCATION:Shinkyo Bridge\, Kamihatsuishimachi\, Nikko\, Tochigi 321-1401
DTSTAMP:20260526T025434Z
DTSTART:20261016T010000Z
DTEND:20261016T210000Z
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