A photo shows the men having the large gohei (wooden wand decorated with two Shide, zigzag paper streamers) during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the ogre's parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade with a man (front) acting Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo (Minamoto no Tametomo), a samurai in Heian Period during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade with a man (front) acting Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo (Minamoto no Tametomo), a samurai in Heian Period during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016. The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the floats' parade during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A photo shows the parade of imps during the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

A child (R,below) looks at a man acting Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo (Minamoto no Tametomo,L), a samurai in Heian Period and cries during the floats' parade of the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

Children take a group photo with a man acting Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo (Minamoto no Tametomo,rear), a samurai in Heian Period during the floats' parade of the Ueno-Tenjin Festival in Iga, Mie Prefecture on October 21, 2018. The Ueno-Tenjin Festival was officially added on the UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of set of 33 festivals in Japan that involve in yamahoko, and yatai floats in 2016.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )