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The annual festival of Chichibu Shrine, the Chichibu Night Festival. It is one of the three major float festivals in Japan (※) and has been designated as an Important Tangible and Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan and an Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO. Chichibu Yatai-bayashi is played among the floats (floats) that are pulled around at the Chichibu Night Festival. Moriya Yasuyuki of the Chichibu Yatai-bayashi Denshokai is passing on the Yatai-bayashi music mainly through practice, while unraveling the records and memories of generations of masters. The sound of the taiko drums is the driving force behind the movement of the floats at the Goshinko Festival. I was fascinated by the unique rhythm of the backbeat and was overwhelmed by the strength and power of the music. *Japan's three biggest float festivals: Gion Festival in Kyoto, Takayama Festival in Gifu, Chichibu Night Festival in Saitama. Organized, planned and produced by Saitama Prefectural Arts and Culture Promotion Foundation. Supported by Regional Creative Cultural Affairs Agency Cultural Arts Promotion Subsidy (Comprehensive Support Project for Performing Arts, etc.) and Japan Arts Council. Supported by Chichibu Yatai Hayashi Denshokai.