Irish Festival in Matsue 2024 Recruiting Participants for the St. Patrick’s Day Mini Parade ♪
On Sunday March 10th, following the Horikawa Pleasure Boat river boat parade taking us to Karakoro Hiroba, we will be holding a mini parade from there to the new Matsue City Hall building (the first street parade in 4 years!). Why not put on something green and come join us with your family or group?
Mini Parade
Sunday March 10th from 11:15–11:30 Karakoro Hiroba to Matsue City Hall’s New Building Make your way through Matsue alongside St. Patrick! ♪ Just be sure to wear green!
If you’d like to take part in the mini parade, then please follow the link below to our application form or use the QR code attached. We’re waiting to hear from you!
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
A St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in Matsue, the water city loved by Koizumi Yakumo. The boats were dressed in green for the day and paraded around the moat of Matsue Castle. The parade on the water, which is unique to Matsue, ended safely in the beautiful spring weather. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the parade, as well as everyone on the Horikawa sightseeing boat.
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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!) ♪