Chichibu Night Festival


R438	R439

Issue	Chichibu Night Festival
Prefecture	Saitama
Date of Issue	1 November 2000 (Heisei)
Denomination	B>R438: 80 yen	R439: 80 yen
Designs	R438: Yatai and fireworks	R439: Beautiful Kasahoko
Image Area	22.5 x 33.0 millimeters
Printing	Photogravure in 5 colours
Sheet	20 stamps (4 x 5)
Designer	Itou Takumi ()
Catalogue No.	R438-439
First Day of Issue Postmark	Chichibu Post Office

Chichibu Night Festival, Pane

Issue	Chichibu Night Festival, Pane
Price	800 yen (80 x 10)
Pane Size	51.0 x 190.0 millimeters
Pane	10 stamps (2 x 5)
Catalogue No.	R439P

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

(Small Notes for the Issue)
Chichibu Night Festival of Chichibu Shrine is annually held on December 2 and 3, which has the history over three hundred years and is also one of the three hikiyama festivals in Japan. Chichibu Shrine is the protector shrine of the area. People draw the vivid Yatai and the beautiful Kasahoko through the city, and the sky is filled with fireworks.
R438: Yatai (vivid-coloured float) and fireworks
R439: Beautiful Kasahoko (float)

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