Events & festivals・Nagoya

Eiketsu Gyōretsueiketsu-gyoretsu

Also known as: 郷土英傑行列・Three Heroes Parade・Nagoya Festival parade

The grand historical procession that forms the centrepiece of the Nagoya Festival, held each autumn. Participants costumed as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu — Nagoya's three hometown heroes — lead a retinue of samurai, court ladies, and attendants through the city's main streets.

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