Fukui: Towering Floats Thrill Spectators; 300-Year-Old Festival Considered One of Hokuriku Region’s ‘Big 3′

Fukui: Towering Floats Thrill Spectators; 300-Year-Old Festival Considered One of Hokuriku Region’s ‘Big 3′

SAKAI, Fukui — Spectators gathered and cheered as they watched a lively parade of floats — bearing six-meter-tall figures depicting historical warriors — at the Mikuni Festival, which dates back 300 years and is one of the Hokuriku region’s “three big festivals.”