The Coolest Festival in Japan! Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Festival and Parade

This year we went to the annual Kanazawa Hyakumangoku parade! We had a ball. The Hyakumangoku Festival [百万石祭] in Kanazawa is Ishikawa's biggest festival of the year, and takes place over three days with a number of events - this being the main event of the weekend and takes place on a Saturday. We got to join the Seiryo University [星稜大学] Dance Group in the late afternoon/evening parade - how cool was that?! #foreignerinjapan , #japan , #japaneseculture , #ishikawa , #japanlife , #japantravel , #japanfestival , #星陵大学 , #hyakumangoku , #kanazawa , #japanesedrums , #japanesedrum

Chapters

00:00 Intro and Drum Troupe [太鼓] Performance
04:44 Hyakumangoku Parade - Lion (Dragon?) Slayers Fighting
05:35 Samurai's Horses
06:10 Japanese Lion Dance and "Fighting the Dragon"
07:51 Kanazawa Hirosaka Park
08:48 Hyakumangoku Parade - Lion Dancers and a Close Encounter!
10:40 Ninjas Fighting Performance
11:04 Kaga Jump Ladder and Remaining Parade Procession
15:38 Moving on to Second Parade
16:25 Hyakumangoku Parade and Dancing with Seiryo University [星陵大学] Group