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Nippori Dokan Festival will be held

Ota Dokan is known as the builder of Edo Castle in the Muromachi period (1336-1573), and there are many places in Arakawa Ward associated with him, including Mt. Dokan in Nippori, where Dejiro ）, the Edo Castle's outworks, is said to have been located.

Every year, Arakawa Ward holds the "Nippori Dokan Festival" at the event plaza in front of Nippori Station, near the Dokan Mountain in Nippori, a place associated with Dokan.

Local governments related to Dokan will sell their specialties and have booths to promote tourism. On a special stage, there will be a skit by Isehara Handmade Armor Squad, a picture-story show by Tora Mitsuhashi, the second generation picture-story show house, and a bingo tournament with a large gathering of yuru-chara characters.

Please come to the venue to enjoy this event for both children and adults.

[Date and Time] November 23, 2024 （ Saturday ） 10:00 ～ 15:00

[Venue] Nippori Station Event Plaza （ 2-24 Nishinippori, Arakawa-ku ）

[Main Contents]

○Stage Event

10:00 ～ Opening Ceremony

10:20 ～ Performance by Dance Club of Tokyo Metropolitan Nosan Senior High School

10:40 ～ Performance by Japanese Drum Club of Tokyo Metropolitan Nosan High School Taiko Drumming Club

11:00 ～ Exhibitor PR

11:30 ～ Bushidan Murayama Party Skit ・ Killing Battle

11:50 ～ Paper Show of Ota Doban by Mr. Tora Mitsuhashi ※ 14:15 ～ also

12:25 ～ Isehara Handmade Armor Team Skit

12:50 ～ Yuru-chara Bingo

○Municipalities related to Ota-Dokan ・ Store ・ PR

Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture （ selling special products ）, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture （ selling local products ）, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture （ selling vegetables and handicrafts ）, Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture （ Selling specialty Miso-dare Pork Kashira Yakitori ）, Koshu Town, Saitama Prefecture

（ Plums ・ Selling processed Yuzu products ）, Hiyoshi Shopping Street Association （ Selling Dokankun goods ）, Ota

Tokyo Office （ Sake ・ Wine sales ）

○Other goods sales ・ PR

Metropolitan Agricultural High School （ Fresh vegetables such as Mikawashima vegetables ）, JR East （ Stationmaster uniforms, photo shooting, badge making

Sei Corner ）, Nippori Library （ Recycled book distribution ）

○Isehara handmade armor dressing experience （ 12:30pm 13:30 ）

・ You can put on handmade armor and transform into a military commander.

・ There is also a samurai makeover experience

by Mr. Hajime Miyata, an Arakawa Meister who was awarded the Medal with Yellow Ribbon at the 2024 Autumn Medal of Honor.

* Free of charge

[Statues of Dokan Ota and Yamabuki no Hana Ippiki in front of Nippori Station]

In front of Nippori Station, a mounted statue of Dokan Ota, donated by the Tokyo Arakawa Lions Club, "Kaiten Ippiki （. ） erected in December 1989 ） and a statue of "Yamabuki no Hana Isshi" （ erected in May 2008 ）, named after the "Yamabuki no Sato legend".