Samurai warriors festival

Samurai warriors festival

KOFU, Japan - Actor Ikki Sawamura (L), dressed as Takeda Shingen, a 16th century daimyo (feudal lord), receives a Guinness World Records certificate in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on April 7, 2012. A total of 1,061 people dressed as feudal-era samurai warriors took part in the Shingen-ko (Lord Shingen) festival that day. The event was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest-ever gathering of samurai.

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