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    • Press Release / Government / Public
    • 2026/04/16 (Thu)

    This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)

    Gorgeous and gorgeous nostalgic procession spinning the history of the Seiwa Genji / Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture

    April 12 （ Sunday ）, the 62nd Seiwa Genji Festival will be held in Kawanishi City, "the birthplace of the Seiwa Genji", with about 250 people participating, including brave Genji horsemen, boy and girl warriors, and children's procession.

    （ Organized by ： Seiwa Genji Festival Executive Committee ・ Kawanishi City Tourism Association ・ Kawanishi City ）

    Kisera Kawanishi Seseragi Park （ Hiuchi 1, Kawanishi City ）, the venue, and the roadside where the nostalgic procession took place About 23,000 people from inside and outside of the city visited the park and enjoyed the splendid historical picture scrolls.


    The Seiwa Genji Festival is held around the Hankyu ・ Kawanishi Noseguchi Station and Kisera Kawanishi Seseragi Park in the central city area, while respecting the historical background of the Tada area.

    At the main venue, Kisera Kawanishi Seseragi Park, the stage events begin with a performance by the Waseda Osaka High School Wind Band. The opening ceremony was held at 10:30 a.m. and featured Kenjiro Koshida （ Kenro Koshida ） Kawanishi City Mayor, dressed as Lord Minamoto Mitsunaka in armor, Aimi Okunishi （ Manami Okunishi, 25, ） who played Tomoe Gozen, Tsubasa Hori Tsubasa Hori, 28 years old ）, Rinka Isobe （ Rinka Isobe, 23 years old ）, who plays the role of Shizuka Gozen, and Kazuki Tone （ Kazuaki Tone, 24 years old ）, who plays the role of Lord Hachimantaro Yoshie, each gave a speech to the audience.

    The biggest event of the festival, the nostalgia parade, left Kisera Kawanishi Seseragi Park at 11:00 am. Samurai warriors related to the Genji clan, dressed in armor, Tomoe Gozen （, Tokiwa Gozen, Shizuka Gozen ）, and Lord Hachimantaro Yoshie paraded on foot and on horseback from the park to the east exit of Kawanishi Noseguchi Station on the Hankyu Railway line and back. The total number of people in the procession was 250, including children, young boys and girls, ogres, and miscellaneous soldiers. Many spectators, from children to adults, gathered in the park and along the streets to catch a glimpse of the gorgeous and gorgeous kaisenkyo procession.

    （ Kisera Kawanishi Seseragi Park ） The main venue, ・ Kisera Kawanishi Seseragi Park , was lined with booths selling goods from kitchen cars, a music stage featuring local artists and Enka singer Suzume Satono from the city, a Shinto Muso-ryu staff art demonstration, a dance performance by Kawanishi City The festival was also crowded with performances by local artists, such as Suzume Satono, an enka (traditional Japanese ballad) singer from the city, and local artists. This year, a new event, a candy throwing and a chamberlain's event, were also held, which were a great hit with the audience and the stage.

    On April 11 （ Saturday ）, the day before the event, some of the warriors and the three Gozen warriors gathered at Tada Shrine to pray for the safety and success of the event. Afterwards, the participants visited the main shrine （, a National Important Cultural Property ）, which they are not normally allowed to enter, and a representative of the Tada Shrine gave a talk on the history of the Tada Shrine. The participating warriors also took part in "Tada's Market" and "Genji Festa" held around Tada Shrine, enlivening the two-day festival.

    About the Seiwa Genji Festival
    A little over a thousand years ago, Prince Minamoto Mitsunaka, great-grandson of the 56th Emperor Seiwa, moved to the Tada Basin in Kawanishi, and in 970 ） the first year of Tenroku （ founded the Tada Temple （ now Tada Shrine ） and established the foundation of the Seiwa Minamoto clan, and laid the foundation of the Seiwa clan. In later times, Minamoto no Yoritomo, who founded the Kamakura shogunate, and other famous Genji warlords throughout Japan were descendants of Mitsunaka, and Kawanishi City is said to be the "birthplace of the Genji and warrior clans. The Seiwa Genji Festival is held annually to honor the founder of the Seiwa Genji clan, Prince Minamoto Manchu, and to promote the history, culture, and tourism of Kawanishi, the birthplace of the Seiwa Genji clan.

    • Press Release / Government / Public
    • 2026/04/02 (Thu)

    This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)

    The 2026 Sakai Cutlery Festival will be held.

    The Sakai Cutlery Festival Executive Committee will hold the Sakai Cutlery Festival to promote the attractiveness of Sakai's traditional industry, Sakai cutlery, to further popularize it in daily life and to enhance its image as a cutlery production area.

    In addition to exhibiting and selling kitchen knives, flower arrangement ・ gardening scissors, and other cutlery and re-sharpening, the event will also feature demonstrations of old-style forging （ traditional fire forging ・ forging ）, name cutting, knife handle attachment, wooden handle gouging, and more.

    In addition, there will be a "Sakai Hare-no-hi Marche" with stalls selling traditional Sakai products such as incense sticks, processed kelp products, Japanese sweets, bread and sweets. This year, with the cooperation of the North Sakai Police Department, "working police vehicles" such as police cars and white motorcycles will be on display.

    1 Date and Time

    April 11, 2026 （ Saturday ） ～ 12th （ Sunday ） 10:00 am ～ 4:00 pm

    *Opening ceremony （ Only ） April 11 （ Sat ） 9:30 a.m. ～ 10 a.m.

    2 venues

    Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center （ 183-5 Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai City ）

    （ 4 minutes walk from Nakayumonomozu Station on the Nankai-Hirono Line and Nakamozu Station on the Osaka Metro Line ・ About 900 meters ）

    *The 1st parking lot is not available for use. Please use public transportation. We appreciate your cooperation.

    * The venue is not "Sakai Denshokan". Please be careful not to make a mistake.

    3 Admission

    Admission free （ Re-sharpening and some events are charged. ）

    4 Contents

    ・ Sales of flower arrangement and gardening scissors and knives

    ・ Cutlery manufacturing process （ Demonstration of cutting knives ） including branding, knife handle attachment and wooden handle gripping
    ・ Cutlery Clinic （ Resharpening ）

    ・ Demonstration of Old Style Forging

    ・ Easy Cooking Show （ Mr. Toshihiro Nakatsuji, Executive Chef, Sakai Higashi Nin Nin

    ・ Police Vehicle Exhibition

    ・ Hands-on Events （ Apple Peeling Contest, Quiz Rally, etc ）

    ・ Stage Events Brass band, Goryo drum, dance performance, etc. ）

    ・ Sakai Hare no Hi Marche

    etc.

    *For details of the event, please refer to the website of Sakai Cutlery Cooperative Association Please check the website of the Sakai Cutlery Merchant Cooperative Association below for details.

    https://www.sakaihamono.or.jp/matsuri/index.html

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