Nara Machiya Arts Festival HANARART2020
Nara Machiya Arts Festival HANARART2020 is going on mainly in Imai-cho, Kashihara City, Nara from October 23 to November 9. Imai-cho originally developed as a town inside a temple called Jinaimachi , which is a self-governing community/area by a powerful temple (in this case, Shonenji Temple). And some plots are designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Machiya means a traditional townhouse. It takes about 20-25minutes by car from Oyodo Town, where our old house is located. reconstruction model of Imai-cho HANARART The annual festival started in 2011, celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The prefectural government of Nara is one of the main organizers. Different cities within the prefecture serve as the festival’s main area every year, and the festival has some satellite venues outside the main areas. Like many other art festivals/projects in Japan, Hanarart ...