After I'd finished my part of the parade, I got out of my armour, and in kimono and hakama ran back to catch the last bit of the parade and the Three Unifiers...
First the War Lord Oda Nobunaga...
Then Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
...And finally the Great Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. All three came from the Nagoya area, all three unified Japan to various degrees, the ultimate victor being Ieyasu! After all these years of watching the parade, and thinking how great it is that Nagoya has a long history and deep culture, and that history and culture comes alive every October. At last, I was able to take part, 25 years after first hearing about it, and for the 400th anniversary of Nagoya too!
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