Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu

  Every year on November 3rd, the streets of Yumoto in Hakone come alive with the Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu parade.Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu is a procession of a total of 170 people dressed up as samurai warriors and princesses parades over a distance of some 6 km in the hot spring town. The procession is reproduced in the style of the Daimyo Gyoretsu which was also known as sankin kotai during the Edo Period (1603-1867). There are marching bands, demonstrations of feudal activities, and dance performances to check out along the way.