[:ja]本庄まつり(ほんじょうまつり)[:en]Honjo Festival[:]

さて本庄まつりの見どころは山車の「乱曳き」や「巡行パレード」です。乱曳きは市内を山車が曳き廻され、多くの見物客が山車と囃子を目で見て耳で聞いて楽しみます。現在存在している山車は10基ありまして、明治5年から大正13年に造られたものとなります。その中の8基は本庄市の指定文化財となっています。

[引用]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8YG7h2LLJE

そして山車の頂点には日本武尊や神武天皇の人形が乗せられています。人形や山車は装飾を施されているだけでなく精巧に造られており、眺めているだけでも飽きず「北関東随一」と称されるほどです。祭りが終わりに近づくと中仙道、駅前通り、銀座通りにて山車の叩き合いが行われ、市内はにぎやかな音色に包まれます。リズムの良い叩き合いに思わず手拍子をする人、体を揺らして一緒に音に乗る人も見られますね。

この他には伝統文化の手古舞や神楽の奉納もありますので、山車の乱曳きや巡行のみならずこちらもぜひご覧になってみてはいかがでしょうか?
[:en]Honjo Festival is a festival to be held in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture. The Honjo Festival is an example festival at Kinja Shrine (Kanasa Shinkansha) Although it is a festival of great festivals, literature and materials are missing, and I do not know the origin of when the festival was held from around. However, before the Edo period, there was a record that Shimokashi Shrine was taking place at Kinjinjin company, and from there we can see that it developed into a Honjo Festival like present. And due to the Meiji Emperor’s throne, the opening date was changed and there was a change from September 29th to November 3rd of my birthday.

Well, the highlight of the Honjo Festival is “rushing” and “parade parade” of the floats. A rushing pulls a floating mountain car in the city and many visitors enjoy listening to the floats and accompaniments and listening to them with their ears. There are ten cargoes that are present at present, it was built in the Taisho era from the Meiji 5 era. Eight of these are the designated cultural assets of Honjo City.

[引用]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8YG7h2LLJE

And at the top of the mountain car are the Japanese Takeetsu and Emperor Jinmu dolls. Dolls and floats are not only decorated but also elaborately built, they do not get tired of just looking at it, they are called “Kita Kanto Koichi”. When the festival comes closer to the end, the bouncy of the floats is done at Nakasendo, the station in front of the station, Ginza street, and the city is wrapped in a lively tone. People who do not think cheerfully with rhythmic tapping, people who rock the body and ride the sound together can also be seen.

Besides this there is also a traditional cultural welfare and a dedication of Kagura, so not only the rushing and the cruise of the mountain car but also how about trying out this one by all means?

Venue:　Saitama prefecture in Honjo city
open time:
event date:　November 2, 2017 (Thursday) – November 3, 2017 (Friday)　※ In the usual year, 2 days on November 2 and 3
Remarks concerning the opening date:
Access method (other):　JR East Takasaki line Honjo station, 5 minutes JR Honjo station North Exit
For inquiries:
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