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 | | The Ogaki Matsuri has a 350 year-old tradition; the festival started in 1648, when the local deity temple of Ogaki castle town, the Hachiman Shrine, was reconstructed. |
 | | Starting with the Water Thanksgiving Festival, sponsored by the Ogaki Chamber of Commerce, the Suimon river and the areas around Ogaki Station road and Honmachi street are decorated with brilliant, reflective lights that reveal the river, floating lanterns, Tanabata decorations, and Ogaki odori dancing. |
 | | Today, the Ogaki Chamber of Commerce and the Ogaki Youth Assembly Hall are the main focal points, and there are parades by youth groups and marching bands, folk dancing exhibitions, family mikoshi, ladies' mikoshi, mikoshi for certain businesses, and a host of other events. |
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