This festival derives from a local folk tale that tells how people danced with joy, singing “sansa sansa” after a devil which had been troubling them for a long time went away. Enjoy the huge taiko (Japanese drum) parade, which is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s biggest taiko parade, and join dancing in a circle. A large number of people powerfully and dynamically dance, filling up the entire venue.

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[Date]　August 1 (Sat)-4 (Tue), 2015

[Venue]　Chuodori street(in front of the Prefectural Government Bldg. ), Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

[Access]　From Morioka Station, about 15 minute walk

[URL]　　http://www.sansaodori.jp/