Experience at an old restaurant! Lunch of local cuisine at Kagetsurou and experience of ”Katsuyama Sagicho”

Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture is an area full of attractions, including the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, one of the world's three largest dinosaur museums, the 1300-year-old Heisenji Hakusan Shrine, and the Echizen Daibutsu , which boasts the largest seated indoor statue in Japan. We would like to introduce a plan where you can experience the 300-year-old festival " Katsuyama Sagicho" held in Katsuyama City. This is a plan that can only be experienced here, so please come and experience it.

• Table of Contents
• What is “local lunch at Kagetsurou and Katsuyama Sagicho experience”?
• What is the Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property “Old Restaurant Kagetsuro”?
• What is “Katsuyama Sagicho”, a local performing art with a history of 300 years?
• summary

What is “local lunch at Kagetsurou and Katsuyama Sagicho experience”?

In Katsuyama Prefecture, there is a 120-year-old tangible cultural property called Kagetsurou, a restaurant where you can enjoy Fukui's local cuisine made with local ingredients.

In this plan, after a local cuisine lunch at Kagetsurou, local staff will demonstrate the local performing art ``Katsuyama Sagicho'', which has a history of over 300 years. This is a valuable plan that allows participants to actually experience Katsuyama Sagicho while enjoying the atmosphere of traditional performing arts.

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What is the Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property “Old Restaurant Kagetsuro”?

“Old Restaurant Kagetsuro” has a 120-year history

The former Japanese restaurant Kagetsurou is a 120-year-old building that is registered as a national tangible cultural property. The highlight of the building is the curved ceiling known as the ``umbrella ceiling,'' which is an architectural design that allows you to feel the charm of old Japan.

Enjoy local cuisine made with local ingredients

The menu offered at Kagetsuro is local cuisine using taro and seasonal vegetables from Okuetsu. Bokkake, a dish served at banquets, is also a distinctive local dish. Please enjoy the food culture and cuisine cultivated in the snow country.

Kagetsuro

2-6-21 Honmachi, Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture 911-0806

Renovation of the cultural property "Former Ryotei Kagetsuro" built in 1897 (Meiji 30). It is a tasteful building that once prospered as a g...

What is “Katsuyama Sagicho”, a local performing art with a history of 300 years?

What is “Sagicho”?

``Sagicho'' is a small New Year event that has been held for nearly 1,000 years, and is an event to send back the gods who welcomed them during the New Year with ``Dondo-yaki,'' where they burn New Year's decorations.

What is “Katsuyama Sagicho Festival”?

The Katsuyama Sagicho Festival is a festival with a history of over 300 years, and is held over two days every year on the last Saturday and Sunday of February.

There are 12 turrets in the city, and performers playfully beat drums, dance and sing on top of the turrets to the music of shamisen and flutes.

Dondoyaki is held on Sunday evenings. The two-day festival comes to a close with people praying for a bumper harvest for the year and for fires to be extinguished, lighting New Year's decorations and watching the flames rise.

Highlights of ”Katsuyama Sagicho”

This time we will introduce two major highlights.

The first is ``UKIDAIKO”, levitating drums, which involves beating the drum in a playful manner . In Katsuyama, you can't see them playing the drums in an amusing way to the music of the shamisen and flute. Another characteristic of Katsuyama Sagicho is that he wears a red kimono and plays the drums in groups of three.

The second is a large-scale "Dondoyaki", Tradittional bonfire.

``Dondo-yaki'' is an event in which New Year's decorations are burned together with a ``Goshintai'', the wooden statue of deities, decorated with pine and bamboo, and Katsuyama Sagicho is characterized by its large scale.

Normally, only one shrine is burnt, but at the Katsuyama Sagicho Festival, 14 deities are burned all at once. The Katsuyama Sagicho Festival is considered one of the three major Sagicho festivals in Japan due to the impressive Dondoyaki festival.

Details of the experience

Those who participate in this plan will be able to watch a demonstration by Katsuyama Katsuyama after enjoying a local cuisine lunch, and have the opportunity to experience the experience first-hand.

This is an experience where you wear actual costumes such as a red kimono and play drums along with music. You can rest assured that the local staff will carefully teach you how to play and key points for playing.

It is an experience that can only be had here, such as taking photos of them performing and wearing kimono.

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summary

A day trip to Kagetsuro and Sagicho in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture is a special experience where history, tradition, and delicious local cuisine resonate. Enjoy Fukui's rich culture and climate by having lunch at Kagetsuro, which has a 120-year history, and at the Sagicho Festival, which boasts a history of over 300 years.