Owari Yokosuka Festival
wpmaster【Tokai City】
Date: The fourth Sunday of September and the day before
The festival is said to have originated from the Kasaboko Festival, which was held for Tokugawa Mitsutomo, the second lord of the Owari domain, who visited the Yokosuka Palace in the early Edo period. It is said that the floats that we see today began to be pulled around in the late Edo period. Four floats are pulled from each neighborhood to coincide with the autumn festival of Atago Shrine. The floats used in the Yokosuka Festival are known as Nagoya-style floats, a testament to the festival's deep ties to Nagoya. The festival reaches its climax with the "Donten" parade, in which the floats are rotated around a crossroads.
Festival Overview
| Date | Every year on the fourth Sunday of September and the day before |
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| Event time | all day |
| Venue | Atago Shrine (23-1 Yonowari, Yokosuka-cho, Tokai City) |
| parking | Available (temporary parking), free |
| telephone number | 052-603-2211 (Tokai City Board of Education Social Education Division) 0562-33-1111 (Representative) |
| number of floats | 5 |
Related links
| Tokai City Tourism Association Website | https://www.tokaikanko.com/en/ |
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Access / Map
| Access by train | 5 minutes walk from Owari Yokosuka Station on the Nagoya Railroad Tokoname Line |
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| Access by car | 15 minutes from Obu Tokai Interchange on the Chita Peninsula Expressway 5 minutes from Yokosuka Interchange on the Nishichita Industrial Expressway |
