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This coming November 9-11, visitors to Tochigi City, Japan - dubbed “Little Edo” because of its Edo period townscape and just 70 minutes north of Tokyo’s Asakusa Station on the Tobu Railway line - are in for a special treat, because this is the year of the Tochigi Autumn Festival, held biannually since 1874.

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In Tochigi, with architecture and culture shaped by maritime transport, the key draw during the festival is elaborately decorated dashi floats in motion, that “magically” appear after dark.

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