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The Kawagoe Festival, officially named the Kawagoe Hikawa Festival (川越氷川祭, Kawagoe Hikawa Matsuri) is a traditional Japanese festival held annually on the third weekend of October in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. It is Kawagoe's biggest event and the festival has more than a 360-year history. It attracts around one million tourists during the two days. The grand pageant of the festival takes place in the castle town of Kawagoe including in the old storehouse zone called Kurazukuri Zone.
In 2005, the festival was designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property under the title of "Kawagoe Hikawa Festival Float Event",[1] and in 2016, the festival was put on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list as one of the "Yama, Hoko, Yatai, Float Festivals in Japan".[2]
- ^ Kawagoe Festival Official website.
- ^ "33 Japanese Festivals Added to UNESCO List". JNTO. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.