Takehana Float Festival in Gifu Japan
Yaturugi shrine
As for Yaturugi shrine, Yamatotakeru is deified. The Takehana festival is the festival of this shrine. In 1581, Fuwa Genroku of the daimyo with a castle of Takehana transfered the shrine to the present ground. A Takehamna castle will be destroyed by fire in 1600, is canceled, and the details of a castle are unknown now.
Photo May. 3. 2008
Cross-eyed viewing
Parallel Viewing