This is the first time in 5 years that it’ll parade through the city🚶♀️🚶🚶♂️
St. Patrick’s Day Parade (recruiting participants) 🚤Riverboat Parade: Fureai Hiroba Boat Boarding Area to Karakoro Hiroba 🚶♀️Mini Street Parade: Karakoro Hiroba to Matsue City Hall
The day will be packed with Irish events ☘️🍲🥪🎸🎻🪕🪗🇮🇪
Irish Music Garden & Green Marché These events will take place this year at Matsue City Hall’s New Dan-Dan Terrace! (Recruiting market stall merchants and merry musicians to join in♪)
💚Buildings Lit-up Green💚
Mastue Castle, TSK, NHK, Sanin Godo Bank Head Office will all turn green ♪
We will post further details later, so keep your eyes on this page! 👀 Let’s all enjoy the biggest festival from the Emerald Isle, where Lafcadio Hearn had his roots. ☺️☘️
Organizer: Irish Festival in Matsue Organizing Committee Official Page: irishfesmatsue ( Instagram, Facebook) Contact: Office 0852-31-8345
12 March (SUN) is the “Irish Festival in matsue”☘️
☘️Irish Music Garden’s Green Marche and Karakoolo Food Market, Vendors Announced! There will be plenty of delicious food to choose from! Opening time: 10:00am~4:00pm
💚Green Marche Teahouse pungency Black tea, sheep butler’s meh-meh-latte, etc. Kyojin Stewhouse Stew, Irish chocolate, Irish coffee, craft beer and whiskey, etc. French bar Serupowa Stewed pork with stout beer, liver mousse, etc. Le Pandemonium Breads (various kinds) YUREHA Popcorn (green tea flavor) Bar Negras Cuban sandwiches, mojitos Imgine. Coffee Drip coffee, baked cakes Matsue Beer Beer Herun Draft craft beer, sausages U_spice Beef curry etc. tapatapa Irish stew, scones, tarts, cakes Ipputei Gumbo, etc Kanuka Gibier burger, wild boar Guinness stew Irish Shop Irish music CDs, books, goods, etc. Irish Workshop Handmade workshops, Irish photo exhibition, etc.
🧡Karakoro Food Market Success Road Crab soup, ramen noodles Crepe Shop Aska Various crepes Maruju Shoten Saba Toro Flake Wako-en Bread, baked sweets Wako no Sato Vegetables Akari Farm Fresh strawberries, strawberry sweets Banryu Mackerel sushi, chirashi sushi, inari sushi Okuizumo Furusato Kai Zenzai, rice cakes, sekihan, okowa Kishimoneya Kikurage Tsukudani, takikomi-gohan (cooked rice) Tama-chan Art Farm Salad set, original goods
12 March (SUN) is the “Irish Festival in Matsue”☘️ ☘️We’re delighted to announce that we’ve just confirmed our schedule of gigs at the Irish Music Garden! Live Music Time Schedule 💚Rion Takada will be the MC! (FM Sanin) ・Fnnegas (11:10-11:30) ・Okayama Irish Music Circle (11:35-12:00) ・Matsue New Orleans Brass Band (12:00-12:25) ・Bagpipes performance (13:10-13:25) ・Geino Kataoka-gumi (13:45-14:10) ・Toa & Machiko with Réalta Nua Hiroshima (14:25-15:05) ・Ceol agus Craic (15:05-15:25) ・Fish & Chipes (15:25-15:55) 🧡There will also be Irish dancing and rock-paper-scissors tournament (to win prizes!) ♪
St. Patrick’s Day “Water Parade” by Horikawa Pleasure Boat
♪Music concert from the boat♪ Departure from Fureai Hiroba boatyard at 10:00am Arrival at Karakoro-hiroba boatyard at 11:00am Please upload photos of the parade on social networking sites with #irishfesmatsue
“Green” Horikawa Pleasure boat in service
Sat March 11- Sun 12, 9:00am-5:00pm ♪The Horikawa cruise boats will be in Irish colors. Everyone can enjoy the parade experience♪
☘IRISH EVENT “Irish Music Garden”
Sun March 12, 10:00am-4:00pm at Karakoro Art Studio
Coming Soon! “IRISH FESTIVAL in MATSUE 2019” March 10th, Sunday
Come and enjoy!!!
★St. Patrick’s Day Parade 12:30 Ceremony and parade ~Don’t forget something green! ★Irish Music Garden 10:30-17:00 @ Karakoro erea ~Bar, Cafe, Irish Music♪, Shops, Food Stall, Céilí Dance, Performance and so on! ★Irish Pub The Shamrock (March 9th 17:00 open) ~Guinness, Food, Live music and Games! @ Karakoro Kobo basement ★Celtic Live “green green green @ Live House Matsue B1 2,800 yen at door
Special thanks to Jinjer Templer Photography who made this wonderful PV for us! Thanks a million♪