Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri Festival

In the weekend of September 17th and 18th, annual Danjiri Matsuri Festival was held in Kishiwada, Osaka. This festival is famous for its valiancy of the festival floats running very fast around the town, and Hiroko Koshino's late mother, Ayako Koshino, model of the heroine in the upcoming NHK drama "Carnation," loved this festival very much. In the town of Kishiwada, where the excitement reaches a fever pitch just before start of the drama, festival floats kept running and moving during these two days. From the house Hiroko grew up, many guests enjoyed watching those floats running in front of the house. On Saturday, 17th, as actress Ms. Machiko Ono joined, the heat reached into high gear.

Drama "Carnation" will be broadcasted for six months from Monday, October 3rd, at 8:00 am every weekday, on NHK.