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Easy Japanese news in translation: Post town festival in Shiga Pref. brings history to life

Easy Japanese news in translation: Post town festival in Shiga Pref. brings history to life

The Mainichi05-05-2025
The Kusatsu Shukuba Festival, depicting the liveliness of the past, was held in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on April 27. This place is where the Tokaido road and the Nakasendo road, which connected various parts of Japan, split. It was a post town with many inns. A procession of famous historical figures passing through was also reenacted. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who won the Battle of Sekigahara, Kazunomiya, who married a shogun, and others appeared.
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