The highlight of the Shingen-Ko Festival is the Koshu Battalion Deployment or samurai parade, which sees more than 1,000 people dressed as samurai marching down the streets of Kofu on Saturday ...

KAWAGOE, Saitama Prefecture--A samurai parade held as part of the annual Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival in the historic city will include non-Japanese participants for the first time. The move is ...