The Gekkasai Festival, Tenjin’s autumn festival, will be held Oct. 26~27. The festival was launched last year to invigorate the Tenjin area, whose residential population is declining, and honors Kaguya-hime, the main character of the Heian Period fairy tale “The Story of Taketori”. On Oct. 26, about 500 local residents will dress in period costumes and march in a parade from Maizuru Junior High School to Kego Shrine, the main venue for the festivities. A third-grade girl from Daimyo Elementary School will play the role of Kaguya-hime and will ride on a float with the four princes who have requested her hand in marriage. On Oct. 27, a portable Kaguya-hime shrine will be carried around 11 shopping centers in Tenjin and there will be a series of Kaguya-hime dances.
• 10/26 (Sat.) ~ 10/27 (Sun.) 11:30 ~ 19:30
• Tenjin, Kego shrine, Maizuru Junior High School
• Free
• http://www.fukuoka-matsuri.jp
NOTE: Photo from official site: http://www.fukuoka-matsuri.jp
