The Iida Puppet Theater Festa, one of the largest puppet theater festivals in Japan, started in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture on the 3rd, and many parents and children enjoyed the puppet show.
The Iida Puppet Theater Festa is one of the largest puppet theater festivals in Japan, where professional and amateur theater companies from Japan and abroad perform puppet theaters in Iida City, and the opening ceremony was held in the hall of the Iida Cultural Center on the first day, the 3rd.
After the ceremony, a puppet show was performed by a professional theater company active in Kyoto, and many parents and children enjoyed the comical movements of the puppets while cheering and clapping their hands.
The festival had been canceled or reduced in scale until last year due to the influence of the new corona, but this year it was held normally for the first time in four years due to the transition to Class 5 of the new corona.
A mother who visited with her three-year-old daughter said, "The Festa has been one of the pleasures of summer vacation since I was a child, and it was fun to be able to watch it with my daughter for the first time in four years."
More than 4 puppet shows will be held at community centers in Iida City and surrounding municipalities until the 3th of this month.