Echizen Jidai Festival

My prefecture, Fukui has a “Echizen Jidai festival” every year.
I have not seen it actually, so this is the first time to see it!!

From 1pm, the parade was started in front of Fukui city hall!

There is a gate in front of the city hall!

The gate opened!!
And famous people came out!!
But…it’s so far and I can’t see them clealy…

Oh! I use zoom function!
Zooooom!

Good camera!
It’s like a scene of a history TV drama!

Cherry blossam is so beautiful~*

They spoke some greetings to audience but I couldn’t see them as my position was bad.
Let’s move to somewhere before they walking!!

“Echizen Jidai Festival” is started!
Good weather!!

First group is coming!

Horse is coming!

Duku is coming!(Maybe)

Childern are coming!

Samurai armer is coming!! So cool!!

Cool womans are coming!!

They are carring large samurai soad!

Beautiful kimono womans are coming***

Kago is coming.

He is Ryoma Sakamoto! Famous historical hero in Japan 😉

Somewhere princess is coming, then…

Head of Samurai is coming~!!!

He is the samurai in Fukui!!

At last,,,

Samurai’s wife is coming!!!
Looks so fun!!

Whoa~, it was a fantastic parade XD
The parade finished at 2pm.

Then I went to Asuwa river to join the seeing flower meeting 🙂

Before go back to my home town,

I ate my favorite fruits pafe!!
I love it XD