Hino-cho holds the Hino Matsuri Festival every year on May 2 and 3. Ornate Hikiyama floats (there are 15 of them) are displayed and paraded along the main roads. If you go to Hino-cho, you can see the large yamagura storehouses for these tall floats. From this year, all the storehouses now have a brand new sign explaining about the float in Japanese, English, and Korean. Each float has an interesting history.

The person who wrote the English is a native speaker of English living in Hino-cho. His name is Austin Moore and he recently sent me email and told me about it.

For a rural town like Hino, it’s surprising and delightful to see anything in English. Hino also has a Web site with English sightseeing information.

If you’ve never visited Hino, it’s a very nice town to visit and people are friendly.
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http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~hino-to/005.html