Events & festivals・Hakata
Kakiyama (Carried Racing Float)Kakiyama
Also known as: 舁き山・舁き縄・水法被
The low, portable floats carried and raced at full speed during the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival. Teams of men dressed in loincloths and water-soaked happi jackets (mizu-happi) shoulder the float using thick ropes (kaki-nawa). Multiple teams rotate carrying duties as the float races through the streets, and times are recorded competitively in the Oiyama race.
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