Shingen-ko Festival

The Shingen-ko Festival is the biggest festival in Yamanashi prefecture celebrating the legacy of Shingen Takeda, the renowned warrior of the region. The highlight is a procession of Shingen, a corps of 30 knights in armour and 1,600 armoured warriors parading through the streets of Kofu city. The procession has been awarded a Guinness World Record as the world’s largest samurai parade.