Chagu Chagu Umakko (チャグチャグ馬コ) is a horse
festival in
Iwate Prefecture,
Japan. Held on the second Saturday in June, approximately one hundred horses with colourful fittings and bells parade depart from Onikoshi Sozen
Shrine(
ja) in
Takizawa to
[Morioka Hachiman-gū.
[1] The term chagu-chagu is an
onomatopoeic expression for the sound made by the horses' bells.
[2] In 1978 the festival was recorded as an
Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
[3] In 1996 the sound of the bells of the Chagu Chagu Umakko was selected by the
Ministry of the Environment as one of the
100 Soundscapes of Japan.
[4]
(in Japanese) Chagu Chagu Umakko
Chagu Chagu Umakko (チャグチャグ馬コ) is a horse
festival in
Iwate Prefecture,
Japan. Held on the second Saturday in June, approximately one hundred horses with colourful fittings and bells parade depart from Onikoshi Sozen
Shrine(
ja) in
Takizawa to
[Morioka Hachiman-gū.
[1] The term chagu-chagu is an
onomatopoeic expression for the sound made by the horses' bells.
[2] In 1978 the festival was recorded as an
Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
[3] In 1996 the sound of the bells of the Chagu Chagu Umakko was selected by the
Ministry of the Environment as one of the
100 Soundscapes of Japan.
[4]
(in Japanese) Chagu Chagu Umakko