April 9, 2000. "Genji Festival" Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture. About 1000 years ago, Minamotono Mitsunaka who is a grandchild of 56th Emperor Seiwa, moved to the Tada basin in Kawanishi and built Tadain (it is called the Tada shrine presently) in 970, which was the foundation of Seiwa Genji. Minamotono Yoritomo who started the Kamakura shogunate and other renowned generals of Genji were his descendants. There are many shrines here related to Genji: the Manganji Shrine, the Yorimitsyji Shrine, the Warabeji Shrine, etc. Kawanishi city is, as it were, the birthplace of Genji and "samurai". Genji Festival is a tourist event to introduce the history of Kawanishi, hometown of Genji, broadly. The special feature of the event is the nostalgic march of armored general, Tomoe gozen, a princess, boys and samurai girls.