Events & festivals・Hagi & Nagato

Hagi Daimyo ProcessionHagi Daimyo Gyoretsu

Also known as: 萩大名行列・Hagi Feudal Lord Procession

A procession dedicated since the Edo period to the grand festival of Kanaya Shrine in Tsubaki, and marched through the town during the autumn Hagi Jidai Matsuri. Attendants in servant and formal dress escort a palanquin, tossing feathered spears from one carrier to the next to the cry "Isayo-shi" and performing a sandal dance at key points.

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