Hamamatsu Kite Festival

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Tako
Yatai

Hamamatsu Kite Festival (浜松まつり) is Japanese festival in Hamamatsu. It is generally known to have multiple kites, along with a lot of kite battles through the days it is held. The festival also displays examples of Japanese culture through food, and general items available for purchase in merchant booths at the festival.

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  • Tako (Kite battle)
  • Yatai
  • Neri

Participants say "Oisho, oisho!"

In Hamamatsu, the first son's birth celebration is Hatsuiwai(初祝い).[1]

Tako[]

Tako of Tamachi - Tagumi (田町 - た組)

In Hamamatsu Kite Festival, the kite battle is called Takogassen(凧合戦) and is done at Takoba(凧場).

Takoba is at Nakatajima since 1967.[2]

174 kites are there.[3]

The kite of the first son's birth celebration is called Hatsudako(初凧).[4]

Yatai[]

Yatai of Matsushiro-cho - Magumi (松城町 - マ組[5])

Yatai is also called Goden-Yatai(御殿屋台).[6]

Neri[]

Neri of Higashiiba-cho - Igumi (東伊場町 - い組)

At the house where the eldest son is born, their family offers cooking to everyone in order to appreciate their kite flying. This is called Hatsuneri(初練り).[7]

In Takoba, they also do Neri in order to celebrate.

References[]

  1. ^ "【回覧資料 平成29年12月20日】平成30年度広沢凧揚会組長の報告と平成30年度初祝い募集のご案内". 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Chunichi Newspaper
  4. ^ NHK
  5. ^ 松城町凧揚会(マ組)
  6. ^ "御殿屋台引き回し".
  7. ^ "子どものお祝い行事 in 浜松 浜松まつり 初子祝い | 浜松市子育て情報サイト ぴっぴ".
  • Brokered Homeland: Japanese Brazilian Migrants in Japan, 2002, page:118, ISBN 9780801488085.
  • The art of the Japanese kite, 1980, Tal Streeter, Page:67
  • San Francisco, San Francisco Magazine, Incorporated, 1976

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