'Dezomeshiki', Kanazawa's annual event to demonstrate Kanazawa firemen's traditional skills will be held this coming January. 'Dezomeshiki' is the first exercise of firemen in the year and done around the country.
In Kanazawa, about 1,100 firemen in addition to the municipal fire stations will participate in the demonstrations. These firemen are volunteers belonging to 49 city-run fire companies. Its highlight, 'Kaga Tobi' (Kaga feudal firemen) is famous for demonstrations of traditional ladder-top acrobatics. This skill was originally shown off by the firemen who were assigned for protecting houses of Kaga clan from fire in the early 18th century, and it is now taken over by Kanazawa firemen.
Take a look at the 'Kaga Tobi' demonstration of the brave and traditional skills which will soon take place in the Kanazawa Castle Park.
Time and date: 10:00 to 12:00 am, Sunday, January 11, 2009
Place: Shinmaru square, Kanazawa Castle Park
Contents: Fire extinction exercises by Kanazawa fire stations, 'Kaga Tobi' ladder-top acrobatics by fire companies, simultaneous spurting hoses in their barely-clothed state, etc.
For further information of Kanazawa visit the following links.
http://www.kanazawa-tourism.com/eng/event/event4.php
http://www.kanazawa-tourism.com/eng/guide/guide1_1.php?no=2
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