The contest is held in Ikazaki district of Uchiko town on May 5, participants hold a hand-made kite
and drop other people’s kites, which is very interesting.
Anyone can take part in freely, would you like to take part in holding a hand-made kite?
There is a group challenging a huge kite, which is a really heartwarming scene.
SHIKOKU [ Uchiko ]
-Historic Sites
It is a 600 meters long street where traditionally made houses and mansions of the business magnates of that timelink on...
SHIKOKU [ Uchiko ]
-Culture -Historic Sites
Uchikoza is a theater of two-storied wooden construction with Japanese tradition built in 1916.Performances are carried ...
SHIKOKU [ Uchiko ]
-Culture
It is the luxurious house and museum of the Haga family who was the largest wax supplier in Japan.Kamihaga had ten build...
SHIKOKU [ Uchiko ]
-Culture -Shops
It is a traditional Japanese candle production shop that has been protecting the tradition of the making of Japanese can...
SHIKOKU [ Uchiko ]
-Culture
It is a house of an old medicine dealer, here visitors can know the living of the then merchant's family, too.Wax figure...
SHIKOKU [ Uchiko ]
-Culture
It is a museum of a merchant's family of the Edo period, too,and the living articles and agricultural machinery are disp...
SHIKOKU [ Uchiko ]
-Culture
Uchiko is popular for the Great Kite Contest in Japan, kites not only of Japan but also from all over the worldare displ...