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Handa’s characteristic floats, kura(storehouses)and Nankichi

〔Dashi〕
Handa, city of floats, where the sounds of Japanese drums and Japanese flute resonate deeply in the body,and cause the mind to start dancing.
The floats convey the skills of master artisans of the Edo period, in their elaborate carvings, omaku(large. brilliantly embroidered cloths)and bright mechanical dolls.
The great splendor of the floats makes them endlessly fascinating. Another charming feature of the floats is the way people drag them powerfully along alleys and slopes.
Handa also offers a variety of traditional local performance arts, such as dances of large and small shishi(lions)and comical sanbaso dances.
Handa’s festivals superbly convey Japan’s rich culture of floats and float parades, and represent an important asset and major source of pride for the city.

Handa Spring Festivals
In Handa, the arrival of spring is marked by hanging banners in the grounds of the city’s shrines and the sounds of musical accompaniment and lively shouts resonating in the city’s alleys.
On weekends from late March to early May, floats are dragged around some of the ten districts of the city. Then just as the first breezes of summer start to blow, these musical accompaniments fade away.

handa dashi festival

Handa Spring Festivals

〔Kura〕
The stately presence of traditional buildings reminds us of the passing of time and the importance of using kura wisely and skillfully.
Due to the favorable natural environment, brewing has flourished as an industry in the Handa area since the Edo period. The sea transport facilities that have been developed here since ancient times allowed the products of the Chita peninsula. such as sake(ricewine).vinegar and cotton,to be carried to the markets of Edo(old name of Tokyo)and O-saka. Lines of traditional kura(storehouses)can be seen along the Handa canal. These are used by manufacturers(most typically for warehousing brewery products)and are still actively used. in addition, the city is dotted with various other kinds of kura, such as kura attached to the old residents of merchants, kura attached to ordinary houses, and kura used to store festival floats. All of these are made using a black timber that is unique to this area. The presence of these storehouses adds great charm to the landscape.
kura

kura

Mitsukan Museum of Vinegar
This is the only comprehensive museum on vinegar in Japan, lt shows visitors all about the past and present of vinegar making, and conveys the spirit and technology of this industry, which has flourished continuously in the Handa area for almost 200 years. In fact, this is the birthplace of vinegar made from sake lees. In addition, the museum offers a wealth of vinegar related information.

Mitsukan Museum of Vinegar

〔Nankichi〕
Reminding us of human kindness and warmth.
Nankichi Niimi was born in 1913 in present-day Yanabe in Handa City. Having lost his mother at the age of four, his upbringing was not a particularly blessed one, At his elementary school graduation ceremony, he famously included the following haiku in his reply address to the farewell address made by a student representative. ”The Dandelion So Many Days Trampled, Today’s Flower,” His speech greatly impressed everyone present at the ceremony.
The literary works of Nankichi are marked by his astute observations of the society and people of his time. He portrayed the adults and children of his hometown as lively individuals who expressed kindness and sympathy and genuine human qualities.
Even today, the unique worlds of Nankichi’s children’s stories continue to move the hearts of many readers.

Nankichi Niimi, the ”Andersen of Japan”
Nankichi Niimi is very well known for his various children’s stories, including ”A Fox Called Gon ”and ” Grandfather’s Lamp. ”With his aim of being the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan, he created many stories that are full of great human affection and love for his hometown.



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