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On November 23rd, I went to Yatsushiro City for their annual Myoken Festival (妙見祭). This large festival is one of the three great festivals in Kyushu. In fact, it's designated as an intangible folklore cultural asset by Kumamoto Prefecture. The festival was started almost 400 years ago in 1636.