Asuke Hachiman Shrine Annual Festival
【Toyota City】 Date: Second Saturday and Sunday of October every year [Brave and fantastical within tradition] The annual Asuke Hachimangu Festival, consisting of the Shigakusai and Hongakusai, is known as the "Asuke Festival." It is said that the festival took on its current form around the late Edo period. This festival continues the tradition of […]
Arimatsu Festival
【Nagoya City】 Date: First Sunday of October every year Currently, three floats are pulled at the Arimatsu Tenmangu Shrine Autumn Festival, held on the first Sunday of October. Arimatsu was originally developed as a branch village of Okehazama Village (Midori Ward, Nagoya City), and its former patron deity was the Okehazama Shinmei Shrine. The Arimatsu […]
Tahara Festival
【Tahara City】 Date：Mid-September The Tahara Festival, a festival representing the castle town of Tahara, is said to have begun as a festival for Kumano Shrine during the Edo period. During the festival, three floats carrying Karakuri dolls, designated as tangible folk cultural properties of the city, and portable shrines from each town are paraded through […]
Owari Yokosuka Festival
【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 […]
Sugao Festival, Hokobune Ritual, and Fireworks
【Okazaki City】 Date: First Saturday of August Okazaki's famous fireworks include the Sugao Festival Hokobune Ritual and Dedication Fireworks. The Hokobune Ritual, in which lantern-adorned Hokobune boats are floated down the Sugao River and fireworks are offered to the boats, has been passed down since the late Edo period. In recent years, it has been […]
Sunari Festival
【Kanie Town】 Dates: First Saturday of August (evening festival) and the following Sunday (morning festival) The Sunari Festival is held as a festival for the two shrines, Tomiyoshi Takehaya Shrine and Hachikensha Shrine, the guardian deities of the Sunari district, to pray for the elimination of summer epidemics and a bountiful harvest. Said to have […]
Nagono Shrine Annual Festival
【Nagono City】 Dates: July 15th and 16th Sannomaru Tennosha Shrine was enshrined alongside Toshogu Shrine in the Sannomaru bailey within Nagoya Castle. The festival of Sannomaru Tennosha Shrine was held on both June 15th and 16th, with the eve of the festival on the 15th and the morning festival on the 16th. On this occasion, […]
Owari Nishibiwajima Festival
【Kiyosu City】 Date: First Saturday and Sunday of June every year [Announcing the arrival of early summer in the Owari region] The Owari Nishibiwajima Festival is said to have begun in 1802 (the second year of the Kyowa era) with the creation of a votive float for the Tenno Festival. Five floats are pulled here: […]
Dekimachi Tenno Festival
【Nagoya City】 Date: First Saturday and Sunday of June every year The Dekimachi Tenno Festival in Higashi Ward is a festival for the Susanoo Shrines (Tenno Shrines) enshrined in Nishinokiri, Nakanokiri, and Higashinokiri of Furudemachi. The Shikako Shinsha float is pulled from Nishinokiri, the Kawasuisha float from Nakanokiri, and the Oxinisha float from Higashinokiri. It […]
Tsutsuimachi Tenno Festival
【Nagoya city】 Date: First Saturday and Sunday of June every year The Tsutsui Tenno Festival is a two-day festival in Tsutsui-cho, Higashi Ward, Nagoya, that begins on the evening of the first Friday in June (Yoi Matsuri) and continues over two days, on the Saturday (Main Matsuri) and Sunday (Final Matsuri). Around the time of […]