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Lucky☆Star Mikoshi Matsuri

Lucky☆Star Mikoshi Matsuri

Washinomiya Shrine celebrated one of its festival yesterday eveing with a very special Lucky☆Star mikoshi.

The mikoshi 神輿 is actually a portable shrine and it was decorated with illustrations of the characters from the Lucky☆Star anime series.
Thousands of fans applied to carry the 130kg mikoshi on their shoulders and 120 lucky fans were selected to carry it on [...]

Emiri Katou Attends Hiiragi Family Certificate Event

Emiri Katou Attends Hiiragi Family Certificate Event

Last Sunday 06th April was the day that the family certificate of Hiiragi Family as Washimiya’s Registered Residents went on sale. Seiyuu Emiri Katou who voiced Kagami was there at the event too.

NHK did a nice report on the event itself and it interviewed some fans and even residents of Washimiya. You can view the [...]

Hiiragi Family Now Washimiya’s Registered Residents

Hiiragi Family Now Washimiya’s Registered Residents

Washimiya City is so proud of their fictional Lucky☆Star mascots that they have decided to register the Hiiragi family as official residents of the city.

According to Yomiuri news, all 6 members of the Hiiragi family are now registered as residents of Washimiya city.
In fact, Washimiya City will be cashing in on this by selling specially [...]