Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2006

Competition Day

It's the second day of the Daidogei festival and that means it is Competition Day. One of the distinguishing features of this festival, World category performers also compete for the title of Champion.



The judges (13 people) have the impossible job of deciding who is best. Judging is done by "hat money points" based on the idea that if you had 1000 yen, how much would you pay for the performance. Sitting in the sun all day in crisp autmn weather while watching great performances all day is fun but deciding the champion is hard!