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Irish Festival in Matsue 2020 has been cancelled due to the continuing spread of COVID-19 across Japan
Regarding the event “Irish Festival in Matsue 2020” which was scheduled to take place on the coming 7th and 8th of March, the event has been cancelled due to the continuing spread of COVID-19 across Japan.
Our sincere apologies go out to those who were looking forward to participating in this year’s festival however, public safety must come first.
We hope that the COVID-19 outbreak ends as quickly as possible. And we hope next year’s Irish Festival can be held as usual and that we can enjoy it with you.
Cancelled
- St Patrick’s Day Parade (8 Mar)
- PR Parade (8 Mar)
- Irish Music Garden (8 Mar)
- Karakoro Coccolo Sunday (8 Mar)
- The Shamrock Irish Pub and Food Stand Market (7 Mar)
- Herun-san’s (Lafcadio Hearn’s) hometown, Ireland, children’s exhibition (1-17 Mar)
Held as scheduled
- Ireland Shop (1-17 Mar)
- Karakoro Art Studio’s Green Light Up (14 Feb-17 Mar)
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St Patrick’s Day Parade
Sunday 8 March, 11:30-12:30 (registration 10:30)
Gathering place: inside the castle grounds from the front entrance (by the Otemae carpark)
Route: Matsue Castle Otemae Entrance Stairs → Shimane Civic Center (Shimane Kenmin Kaikan) → Minami Tonomachi → Kyomise Karakoro Plaza (closing ceremony)
free to all participants
The dress code is GREEN! Wear the symbol colour of Ireland as much as you can to green-up the parade. You can apply solo or as a group so please get involved! There will be a parade participant-exclusive raffle at the closing ceremony with wonderful prizes to be won!
PR Parade (Horikawa Sightseeing Boats)
On the day of the parade there will be a pre-parade around the castle moat between 9:50 and 10:40 departing from and arriving at the Otemae carpark pier.
Irish Music Garden: Irish Events
Café & bar, music, dancing, pop-up shops, there’s a lot of Ireland to enjoy at this space!
Green Marché and Matsue Specialty Market
Live Satge and Dance
Sunday 8 March, 10:30-16:00
Karakoro Art Studio (Garden Terrace), Ousuido carpark and Kyomise Karakoro Plaza
The Shamrock Irish Pub and Food Stand Market
Saturday 7 March, 15:35-22:00
Karakoro Art Studio (Underground Vault and Garden Terrace)
Sponsor: Matsue Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ireland Shop
Selling many exclusive products!
Sunday 1 to Tuesday 17 March, 10:00-17:30 (closed Thursdays)
Karakoro Art Studio (1st Floor Handmade goods)
Herun-san’s (Lafcadio Hearn’s) hometown, Ireland, children’s exhibition
Displaying the results of research on Ireland by Uchinakabara elementary school students
Sunday 1 to Tuesday 17 March, 9:30-18:30
Karakoro Art Studio (Underground side-vault)
Karakoro Art Studio’s Green Light Up
Friday 14 February to Tuesday 17 March, 18:00-24:00
Karakoro Art Studio
Recruiting
St Patrick’s Parade participants
application deadline: Thu 27 Feb
Volunteer Staff
application deadline: Fri 21 Feb
Application form
- Group Name
- Leader’s name
- Leader’s telephone number
- Leader’s address
- Please list the name and age (or school year) of all participants in your group (for insurance purposes)
Note: if you take part in the parade, your photo may be taken and used as PR for future events, etc. In addition, in the event of the parade being cancelled due to severe weather, we may need to contact you up to on the day of the parade so please provide a telephone number which can be reached during the day.
Application/questions
“Irish Festival in Matsue” Executive Committee (operating at the Matsue International Community Center)
m.koryu@web-sanin.co.jp
Tel: 0852-31-8345
Fax: 0852-31-0321
SNS
[instagram-feed user=”irishfesmatsue”]
Past Irish Festival in Matsue
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It’s finally St. Patrick’s Day season ☘️
As we have already announced, 2022’s parade has once again been cancelled due to the increasing need with the recent escalation of COVID-19 cases.
It is truly unfortunate that we had to come to this decision once again. However, the committee does have some smaller scale events planned for this year’s Irish Festival season.
Date: Sun. 13 March 2022
Location: Karakoro Area, etc.
Greening
Matsue Castle
11-13 March
Karakoro Art Studio
1-21 March
TSK Tower
11-13 March
Horikawa Sightseeing Boats Go Green and Mini Water Parade
Sun. 13 March, all day
Horikawa Sightseeing Boats
Mini Irish Festival
Sun. 13 March
Karakoro Area
Details incoming. Please keep an eye on our website with the following link:
https://sanin-japan-ireland.org/event/20220313if_en
Important
- Events may be altered or cancelled due to weather or pandemic related circumstances. Please follow our Facebook (etc.) for the latest information.
- Please wear a mask and follow other infection prevention measures while attending any of the above events.
Inquiries
Irish Festival in Matsue Organisation Committee
m.koryu@web-sanin.co.jp
Tel: 0852-31-8345
☘️What’s St. Patrick’s Day?
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland who brought Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century. As the patron saint and a symbol of Ireland, his feast day of 17 March is celebrated as a day of Irish culture all around the world. In Japan, parades are held in more than 10 cities, including Tokyo and Yokohama, and they are becoming a defining event of March. The fertile island of Ireland, also known as the Emerald Isle, gave Ireland green as a symbol colour and St. Patrick’s Day parades see entire cities turn green for the day.