TRANSLATION J-TIMES: 90th Kenshi Kousai 'GACKT Kenshin' - 23rd August 2015

At the 90th Kenshi Kousai 'GACKT Kenshin' riding his horse spreads the magnificence of the [Righteousness of the heart/spirit] and fascinates the spectators along his route.

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On August the 23rd, in the Kasugayama district of Joetsu city, the home land of the hero Uesugi Kenshin, the praised 90th Kenshin Kousai reached its climax with the parade for the department for the front line and re-enactment of the Kawanakajima Battle.
For the third year consecutively, and for the seventh time since the beginning, the role of Uesughi Kenshin was played by the musician GACKT.
He shows Kenshin's [Righteousness of the heart/spirit], and fascinated the spectators that packed up the whole route.

Compared to the past years the weather this time was clement. The route chosen for the parade and the Kasugayama crossing was crowed with people since early morning, with people waiting for the appearance of GACKTKenshin.

In the loud music that excited all the fans, GACKTKenshin made his appearance riding a brown horse and elegantly dressed in his Suikan (*ndt everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan).

GACKTKenshin dashed along the road with his charming long hair and skillfully controlling the horse's bridles. He is expression of the man admired as the strongest worrir of the Sengoku period and of his bewitching charm. At the Kasugayama crossroads, he pronounce the famous phrase "Luck resides in heaven, Armor is on the chest,Merit on the feet", that was used by Kenshin to entrust to this land his [Righteousness of the heart/spirit]. Finally he rosed his voice in a triumphant scream and even the crowd all together responded to him earnestly.
Everything and everyone were surrounded by a strong sence of unity.

Source: J-Times

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

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TRANSLATION ORICON: GACKT Kenshin leads 400 warriors to battle Joetsu City [Kenshij Festival] -August 23rd 2015

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Singer GACKT was a guest performer for Niigate Prefecture's Joetsu City's 90th「Kenshin Festival」on the 23rd. GACKT, who acted as Lord Kenshin in the 2007 NHK historical drama『Furin Kazan』, rode on horseback and was dressed in armor when he appeared with a group of warriors, raising loud cheers from the audience.

This same festival is held in honour of the valor and righteousness of Joetsu City's hero, Lord Uesugi Kenshin displayed in the historical events, which took place since 1926. GACKT, who is making an appearance for the second year in a row, took part in the main events the「Kick-Off Procession」and the「Re-Enactment of the Kawanakajima Battle」. He was dressed in armor and led around 400 people, picked from applications, who were also dressed in armor to make up the Uesugi Army. Spectators lined the roadside, enlivening the festival.

After the procession, GACKT said「This festival has had attendance go up year after year but, next year more new features should be created and a festival that can represent Japan can be further delivered, to make a big event successful, I think the city and its citizens have to work together」, and he also vowed to play a role for the festival following this.

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Source: Oricon

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

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[LIVE STREAMING ] Kenshin Festival 2015

GACKT Italia is happy to announce that this year too you can follow the Kenshin Festival boradcast LIVE directly from our website!!

The event will start on Sunday August 23rd at 7.00 am GMT.

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream

 


[VIDEO] TRANSLATION JOETSU JOURNAL: Kenshin festival 2015 Press Conference - August 23rd 2015

GACKT(Gakuto)-san musician in the role of Uesugi Kenshin for the 90th Kenshin Festival (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture) on August 22nd, 2015 at the press conference in the city of Joetsu

↓ The article with the details of the press conference is here.
◇ "I want this festival enters into history" GACKT Kenshin's phrase at the beginning of the press conference
http://www.joetsutj.com/articles/82168377

Source: JOETSU JOURNAL.COM

Translation: GACKT Italia Team

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