Kanda Festival '09 in Akihabara 神田祭

Once every 2 years Akihabara becomes the setting for one of the oldest and biggest traditional Japanese festivals: The Kanda Matsuri. It shows how Japanese tradition lives on side by side with modern trends even today.

the entire article can be found here: http://www.akibatoday.com/cms/archives/news/2009/05/11180000.html

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Akihabara
• Kanda
• Matsuri
• 2009
• Otaku
• Mikoshi
• Akiba

[wongjp]

Great, great video. Added today at the Akihabara fan page on Facebook :)

What camera did you guys use to film this? :-)

[akibatoday]

thanks wongjp, I used a HC-1 from Sony

[ShiverZ66]

Seems like an amazing event, thanks for capturing it all ^_^ Which temple was shown at the ending to the video?

[akibatoday]

Thanks!

The shrine at the end is called Kanda Shrine.

[bartman905]

Nice video, you really captured the event.

[akibatoday]

thanks! ^^

[Prezsama]

dude i just subscribed i love akiba and im a proud otaku and see these vids are amazing!!

[narurashima]

amazing!!!