Actor Takuya Kimura plays the role of Nobunaga Oda, and the cavalry procession of the "Gifu Nobunaga Festival" will be held in Gifu City on the 6th.
960,000 applicants, more than twice the population of the city, have applied for the advance lottery, and congestion is expected, and the city and police are strengthening safety measures.
The Gifu Nobunaga Festival will start on the 5th in Gifu City, and the cavalry warrior procession, where actor Takuya Kimura will play the role of Nobunaga Oda, is scheduled from 1:00 pm on the 6th.
The procession is planned to take about an hour to walk through a section of Kinkabashi-dori that runs through the center of the city, and this section and surrounding roads will be closed to traffic from the morning.
The procession passes through the road on the west side, and the road on the east side is a standing viewing space, and about 15,000 people who have won the lottery and their companions are supposed to gather.
On the other hand, there were 960,000 applications, more than twice the population of the city, and according to the city, the number of people on the 5th was 160,000, which greatly exceeded the previous time three years ago. More people are expected to gather on the 6th.
The city will prohibit entry to the sidewalks around the viewing space, and the police will place so-called "DJ police" to guide spectators and strengthen safety measures.