Oktoberfest Held in German★

Oktoberfest has been held in Munich, Germany. This festival is known as the largest beer festival all over the world. In 1810, it had held first time, so it will have been past 200years in 2010. So then, there will have hold 200th anniversary. Every year, there are about 6,000,000people joined from all over the world and it held in the latter of September to October’s first Sunday’s 16days. This festival’s participation cost is free but you should pay money when you buy some food or ride some attraction.


Germany is famous country as good production country of beer, so there are many kind of famous beer company in there. In Oktoberfest, there are permitted only Munich company to offer. Beer which used in this festival is called OKTOBERFEST BEER and it made from a lot of hop, so it contained higher alcohol than normally one. Because of that, there permitted beer company is only 6 (Spaten, Augustiner, Paulaner, Hocker-Pschorr, Hofbräu, Löwenbräu).


If you’ll go this festival, I recommend you to wear Bayern’s folk costume. In this festival, most people wearing folk costume. For example, women wearing check, stripe, floral design one-piece dress, on the other hands, men wearing leather half pants. This custom is similar to Japanese culture which we wearing Yukata in summer festival. And there are Fruhlingfest in April to May at same place. It’s like a small Oktoberfest. I can’t drink beer now, but someday I want to go to see this festival.