The cultural event "Samurai Square" will be held on June 30 at Hirosaki Castle Honmaru (Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture).

Hirosaki Dance & Performance Festival "SHIROFES. 2019 (Castle Festival)" The same event will be held. Under the theme of "Samurai", we will hold a trial tour and e-sports tournament of Hirosaki's ancient martial arts performance, a new game of fighting sword fighting game "SAMURAI SPIRITS".

This year's fourth "Castle Festival" is aimed at creating and transmitting a new attraction by utilizing the Hirosaki castle tower that was pulled to the temporary tower by the stone wall construction. The main activities are world dance competitions organized by the Hirosaki Arts and Dance Executive Committee and performances by extreme sports athletes.

Masayuki Sudo, a staff member of the event executive committee, said, "The first Samurai Square was gathering content under the theme of "Samurai," which is unique to Hirosaki Castle Town." "We hope that the collaborators will call the collaborators and it will be an esports competition that will be held at the best location in the castle tower of Hirosaki Castle."

"Samurai Spirits" is a fighting game in which samurai and ninjas appear, and the new title will be released on June 27 for the first time in 11 years. "This work, which was very popular in arcades in the 1990s, was like youth in the thirties and forties. It was the idea that Hirosaki could do something with the release of the new work," said Sudo. ..

On the day of the event, a trial play corner will be set up for beginners, and tournaments will be held for experienced players. The game is scheduled to be distributed on the Internet, and live coverage is Mr. Ikeda Minoroc, the manager of the game center "Mikado" in Takadanobaba, Mr. Lupine Kojima, the former editor of Famitsu's WaveDVD, a live-action and distribution community. Gasoline oils from “Button Smashers” are in charge.

At the venue, a martial arts study lesson will be held twice by Shubudo in the morning and a workshop will be held where you can prepare and swing. A replica work will be printed on Japanese paper for Neputa from the project "Samurai-SABURAU-" in which contemporary artists collaborate on the theme of "Samurai" which was also exhibited at an international exhibition in Italy.

Mr. Sudo calls "I want you to enjoy the latest technology of e-sports and the collaboration of traditional culture set in Hirosaki."

Holding time is from 9:30 to 19:00. free entrance.