{"id":5319,"date":"2010-04-25T12:46:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=5319"},"modified":"2010-04-22T16:24:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T23:24:04","slug":"more-from-the-former-kofu-castle-site-%e7%94%b2%e5%ba%9c%e5%9f%8e%e8%b7%a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/more-from-the-former-kofu-castle-site-%e7%94%b2%e5%ba%9c%e5%9f%8e%e8%b7%a1\/","title":{"rendered":"More from the former Kofu Castle site (\u7532\u5e9c\u57ce\u8de1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The setting for my first picture in this series<\/a> was the grounds of Maizuru Castle Park. Shingen’s troops gathered here before heading off in their regiments for the “parade.” The atmosphere was very good. The weather was fine, Mt. Fuji loomed in the background, and the samurai were getting drunk before heading off to battle (the pavement of Kofu’s streets).<\/p>\n

The Japanese guy above was enjoying the mood as well. I was merely taking an incognito picture of his group when he spotted me and performed this “charge.” It was actually more of a pose than a charge, but I appreciated his willingness to provide a nice action shot for my camera without actually impaling me.<\/p>\n

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Let’s not forget this was a festival and not a battle reenactment. Therefore, there was plenty of yakisoba, takoyaki, and the like to be had, as well as monkeys doing tricks and other matsuri standards.<\/p>\n

\"rest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"maizurujo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"shingenkomatsuri<\/a><\/p>\n

The guy in the middle of this group, with the tall helmet, is the president of his company and represented one of Takeda Shingen’s generals on horseback later in the evening. I chatted with him for a while earlier and had my picture taken with him. Photos of people like me in regular clothes with those of Japanese in samurai gear don’t look right though.<\/p>\n

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As each of the 24 regiments left the castle grounds they gave a battle shout like the one you can see in the above video I took. Some groups were more serious than others. Applause at the end seemed a little… wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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