BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Get Hiroshima - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Get Hiroshima X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gethiroshima.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Get Hiroshima REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230429 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230501 DTSTAMP:20240329T204606 CREATED:20120117T081609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T014914Z UID:1533-1682748000-1682834399@gethiroshima.com SUMMARY:Kintaikyo Bridge Festival DESCRIPTION:Annual festival held at the famous Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni. \nThe highlight of the event is a reenactment of the departure of the local daimyo\, or lord\, and his entourage for of Edo\, a requirement of the sankin kotai system imposed by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The parade of men and women dressed in colorful period costume usually cross the bridge at around 2pm. \nThe parades are followed by a demonstration of the firing of antique matchlock guns by local volunteers dressed in Edo Era armor and Japanese taiko drumming. \n \nYou’ll find other demonstrations and performances\, all the usual food and drink stalls common at Japanese festivals and one of the biggest flea markets in the region. \nMore about the Kintai Bridge Festival here. \n  URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/kintaikyo-bridge-festival/ LOCATION:Iwakuni Kintaikyo Bridge\, 1 Iwakuni\, Iwakuni-shi\, Yamaguchi-ken\, Japan CATEGORIES:Culture,Festivals,Free,Top,Traditional ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gethiroshima.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kintai-festival.jpg GEO:34.1655364;132.1794563 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Iwakuni Kintaikyo Bridge 1 Iwakuni Iwakuni-shi Yamaguchi-ken Japan;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Iwakuni:geo:132.1794563,34.1655364 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR