木曽田立の花馬祭りは例年どうり秋晴れに恵まれて10月3日に催された
広く知られた祭礼で各地から多くの観光客がやって来る
稲穂に模した五色の色紙を付けた竹に飾られた木曽馬の華やかさが人を誘うのか・・・
来年からは小中学校合併により休校にならず開催日の変更が囁かれているのは淋しい

Hanauma Festival is one of the famous traditional harvest festival in Japan
Decorated horses with paper flowers of kiso the home called Hanauma
Festival be hold at Itumiya shrine every 3rd Oct

The Itumiya shrine is at Tadachi in the Nagiso-cho district
This festival was introduced at the closing ceremony in Nagano Winter Olympic games 1998
Tadachi is located a nearby famous Tsumago
So don't forget Tsumago stage too

2005