Odako-age(Flying a Big Kite) Festival(Showa Kasukabe-City)
May 5
	Starting point Distance Address Phone Number Open Closed Admission (@Jan. 2006)	Right bank 51.0Km point of the Edogawa Rive 0 m Hojubana Showa Kasukabe-City Saitama-pref. -------- 10:30a.m.?? - 4:00p.m. -------- Free
The Odako-age Festival(Big Kite Flying Festival) in Showa has been the most famous Festival in Japan. The length of the kite is fifteen meters and the width is eleven meters, and weight of the kite is 800 kilograms. A hundred person must pull together to fly the kite. The big kite is flown at 2:00p.m. .
.		These pictures were taken at the Special Event on the merger of Showa-Town & Kasukabe-City, held on January 15, 2006.