One part of village in Gamagori named Miya held a big annual festival from 17th October to 18th October. The festival is called “Miya Matsuri” Matsuri means festival in Japanese. Miya festival has been kept the traditional way to cerebrate it over 300 years. Because Miya village is located at seaside, people cherish their sea and sea resources. The festival is held within two temples, and lots of people come to see and join in the festival. The main event in it is an under the sea performance. Four floats go into the sea to visit other temples. It is the most exciting to see.
Actually, I was born in a Miya village. I am fond of this festival from when I was a little girl and I undoubtedly believe that almost every person living in Miya is proud of this festival. From our ancestors to present, people living in Miya have sticked with the original traditional festival music, dancing, and events. When I was an elementary student, I joined in the festival as a child dancer.
I went to the festival with my family and relatives together in this year, and met lots of friends there. Some of them are also joining in it. I think it is a great thing that young generations try to keep traditional Japanese events like festivals.
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Introduction
- Takano
- Gamagori city, Aichi preficture, Japan
- Hello everyone! My name is Takano. I was born in Gamagori a city in Aichi prefecture where the nearly center of Japan. I am a university student now majoring in foreign language. I like studying English and Chinese culture and languages. When I was a freshman, I had to live alone near my university and last year I was also away from Gamagori. The reason why is that I was studying abroad in New Zealand for 10 months. Through living in different cities, I realized that what a comfortable city Gamagori is for me! There are several reasons why I think Gamagori is comfortable place. I am going to introduce reasons once every one or two weeks. I hope you will enjoy reading my blog. Thank you! please leave your comments. To leave the comments, please push the comments button.