DISCOVER FUKUI

The Mikuni Festival will be held again this year from Monday, May 19 to Wednesday, May 21.

Mikuni Matsuri is an annual festival of Mikuni Shrine with a long history dating back to the middle of the Edo period and is one of the three major festivals in Hokuriku.

The biggest attraction of the festival is the parade of floats with samurai dolls, which are about 6.5 meters long, held on Tuesday, the 20th. The floats parade through the town of Mikuni to the accompaniment of flutes, drums, and shamisen music.

Introduction of the floats: Float No. 1: "Shigenari Kimura" of Morimachi Ward

　　　　　Float No. 2: Yukimura Sanada of Tamai Ward

　　　　　The third float: Mitsuhide Akechi from Shimodai-ward

　　　　　Yonban float: "Rajomon" by Mikuni Festival Preservation Promotion Association

　　　　　5th float: Masago Ku (Kami-Masago Ku and Shimo-Masago Ku) "Watanabe Tsuna

　　　　　Float No. 6 "Kagami-jishi" by Kami-ha-machi (Hirano-ku, Kuhomochi-ku)