Chagu-ChaguーUmakko (Iwate Prefecture)

chaguchagu2 takizawa village
chaguchagu2 takizawa village

It takes place on 2nd Saturday of June.   Iwate, especially the north of it, named ‘Nambu’ has been a horse production ares.   A pair of sculpture in front of shrines as a guardian ae sometimes changed from dogs normally to horces.   Humen and horses live together under the same roof in the countryside.  Humen  pray their health and safe and the road of pray had became the parade from countryside(Takizawa village) to Morioka city of more than 100 horses dressing up which are nurtured with care in each house.

chaguchagu4 rest
chaguchagu4 rest

*)It takes almost half day on foot(14km) when you follow the parade, so it is a good idea to stay ahead of the curve using trains(st.Aoyama,etc).   The parade takes breaks on the way several times and then nursing baby horses get milk from their mothers.

chaguchagu6 morioka city
chaguchagu6 morioka city

At last, poud parade groups marches through Morioka city and Sansa Dancing welcomes them early in advance the festival season without controling their impulse.

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chaguchagu5 rest

 

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