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or the Kanda Festival, is one of the three great Shinto festivals of Tokyo, along with the Fukagawa Matsuri and Sannō Matsuri. The festival started in the early 17th century as a celebration of Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at the battle of Sekigahara and was continued as a display of the prosperity of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period.〔 〕 Additionally, the current form of the festival is also held in honor of the ''kami'' of the Kanda Myojin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Festivals )〕 The festival is held on the Saturday and Sunday closest to May 15, but since it alternates with the Sannō Matsuri, it is only held on odd numbered years. On these years, the festival takes place at the Kanda Shrine in Kanda, Tokyo as well as surrounding central Tokyo districts. Its prominent parades involve about over 200 ''mikoshi'', in addition to musicians, dancers and floats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kanda Matsuri )〕 == See also == * Culture of Japan * Japanese calendar * Japanese festivals * Festivals in Tokyo 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kanda Matsuri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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