Aoi Matsuri drawn also in The Tale of Genji that receives the millennium is unfolded in the Kyoto city on May 15.

Aoi Matsuri is one of the Kyoto three major festivals, and the annual festival of the [kamoryoukami] under Kamigamo Co.. It is formally said Kamo Matsuri, and the origin goes back 1400 years ago. In The Tale of Genji, the scene of the car duel is famous. The procession on the way is called, the divine service in "Tadashi with the road head" and the Ryokami company is "Tadashi with the company head".

Ukai: Gifu and Nagara-gawa River where fantasy and summer feature start in the dark of night

Nagara-gawa River Ukai started on the 11th in Nagara-gawa River in Gifu City. 1180 people such as tourists boarded the seeing ship, and it got drunk on the poetic event of summer boasting of the history for 1300 years or more.

Ubune began to come down the river, and 10?12 cormorant was manipulated while calling, "[Houhou]" Usyo that wore clothes of navy blue fishing clothes, the grass skirt, and Kazaoriebosi skillfully at 8:00PM. The watch fire made the cormorant fantastically come to the dark of the night.

The climax queues up in a full width of a river six Uhune, and drives in the sweetfish to the shoal "Sougarami". The shout of joy happened from the spectator with applause.

OzeUkai of Gifu Prefecture Seki City starts on the 11th, too and it continues with Nagara-gawa River Ukai until October 15.

Map of Ukai site



Hotel in Gifu City and Kagamihara City


Optimism ANN packing to be able to do airline ticket reservation and hotel reservation at a time