The ancient Chinese heroes appear in modern Kobe city! “Sangokushi-matsuri” in Kobe.

The famous Chinese classic “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms” is called “Sangokushi (三国志)”, and is very popular in Japan. Many Japanese games and manga are based on Sangokushi, such as “Dynasty Warriors” series and “Souten Kouro”. Regardless of the real relation of Japan to China, many Japanese are familiar with ancient China.

YOKOYAMA Mitsuteru, a great comic artist in Japan, made some manga based on Chinese classics. “Sangokushi” is one of his masterpieces, many Japanese read it as an introduction to Sangokushi.

Kobe city is the birth place of YOKOYAMA Mitsuteru, so NPO “Kobe Tetsujin Project” holds an event for Sangokushi, “Sangokushi matsuri” every summer. In this year, they made statues of Sangokushi heroes and Sangokushi displays in Nagata shop mall.

These statues and displays are continuously on show after “Sangokushi matsuri”. You can take photos freely. It is interesting to learn about Sangokushi while taking a walk.

URL : http://www.sangoku-maturi.com/index.html (Japanese)

See also: “Tetsujin 28 gou, Gigantor, has been accomplished in Kobe and is the next robot hero after the Odaiba Gundam.“

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