"Karatsu Kunchi" registered as UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage celebrated the festival on March 3, and the Phoenix with a yaato with a yaato with the head of the first hikiyama "Red Shishi" (Ho-ou) etc. Gorgeous (Kense) 14 luxurious hikiyama appeared.

In the biggest showroom 'drawn in' that draws Hikiyama into the sand, a big applause comes from people gathered when the hikers gathered power with the shout of 'Enier, Ener' and pulled the rope and the hikiyama started moving I was sent.

According to the organization hosting the festival, about 200,000 people visited the sight on the 3rd.

A woman in her 50's coming from Kumamoto City said, "The weather was nice, the mountain was really beautiful and I was moved, I felt the history."

Karatsu Kunchi will be held on the 4th.