SCHEDULE FOR THE HINO SHINSENGUMI FESTIVAL

2019/05/03 2024/02/25

日野市観光協会

Shinsengumi and Hino

Thirty minutes from the high rises of Shinjuku, when the scenery changes from suburban towns to peaceful fields and forests, you know you are in Hino, the hometown of Shinsengumi.
Shinsengumi dedicated their lives to uphold the ideal of honour, and to protect the Bakufu government and the city of Kyoto in the tumultuous Bakumatsu period as the last samurai organisation.
Many of these brave men, who fought as Shinsengumi, were in fact not only of samurai origin, but also from the peasant class as represented by core leaders of the organisation such as Kondo Isami and Hijikata Toshizo.

Hino is the very place where these young men came together before they began to claim notoriety as Shinsengumi. It is also home to Hino-shuku Headquarter, the 5th Station on Koshu Highway, built 160 years ago during the Edo period, and Takahata Fudo Temple, a Buddhist temple boasting more than a thousand years of history and the magnificent five-tier pagoda. As you could imagine, these places are very closely related to Shinsengumi's history.

11 & 12 MAY, Hino Shinsengumi Festival will adorn the streets of Hino. There will be exhibitions, performances and the renowned Shinsengumi parade where people celebrate these young men in traditional clothing and costumes. Do not miss this opportunity to experience Japanese history and culture seen from the eyes of ordinary Japanese people.