Promotion Video 「Aizu Festival」
The Aizu Festival is the largest festival in the Aizu region, and is held in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture in September every year.
The event serves to pass on to future generations the spirit of “commemoration and gratitude” for the ancestors who fell in the Boshin Civil War, as well as the spirit of “celebration and joy” marking the restoration of the Aizu Domain following the marriage of His Imperial Highness Prince Chichibu (younger brother of Emperor Hirohito Showa) and Princess Setsuko Matsudaira (granddaughter of 9th lord of the Aizu Domain, Matsudaira Katamori,).
Held over three days, the festival is centered around the magnificent “Aizu Domain Procession,” in which approximately 600 warriors parade through the streets, and further features the “Lantern Procession,” “Aizu Mt. Bandai Bon dance” and more.
During the festival, the entire city is wrapped up in the atmosphere of the past era of the Bakamatsu, allowing visitors to feel the breath of history up close.