Dekimachi Tenno Festival
wpmaster【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 is not clear when the Tenno Festival began in Dekimachi, but it is thought that what began as a temporary shrine to Tsushima Gozu Tenno Shrine, set up to ward off summer epidemics, developed into a float festival.
Ise Monsui's "Nagoya Festival" states that the festival was founded "150 years ago" (150 years ago would be during the Horeki era (1751-1763)).
There is also a story that at first, permission to pull the floats was not granted, so the wheels were buried underground as lantern stands, and after officials inspected them, they were dug up and pulled. The first confirmed record of three floats dates to 1824 (Bunsei 7).
As for the origins of the three floats, it is said that the Oxizhi float in Furudemachi was purchased from elsewhere in 1805 (Bunsei 2), and the Shikako Shinsha float in Nishinokiri was purchased from Sumiyoshicho in 1810 (Bunsei 7). There is also legend that the Nakanokiri float was received as a gift from the lord in 1821 (Bunsei 4).
During the Pacific War in 1945, two floats from Nakanokiri and Higashinokiri were burned down, but Higashinokiri in Furudemachi was later rebuilt, and Nakanokiri inherited the waterwheel from the Wakamiya Festival. The date of the Tenno Festival in Dekimachi has changed several times within early June, but in the 1960s it was changed to the current festival date of the first Saturday and Sunday of June, and remains so to this day. On the Friday immediately preceding the festival, Nishinokiri holds a children's lion dance, and Higashinokiri holds a Yoi Matsuri.
It is not clear when the Tenno Festival began in Dekimachi, but it is thought that what began as a temporary shrine to Tsushima Gozu Tenno Shrine, set up to ward off summer epidemics, developed into a float festival.
Ise Monsui's "Nagoya Festival" states that the festival was founded "150 years ago" (150 years ago would be during the Horeki era (1751-1763)).
There is also a story that at first, permission to pull the floats was not granted, so the wheels were buried underground as lantern stands, and after officials inspected them, they were dug up and pulled. The first confirmed record of three floats dates to 1824 (Bunsei 7).
As for the origins of the three floats, it is said that the Oxizhi float in Furudemachi was purchased from elsewhere in 1805 (Bunsei 2), and the Shikako Shinsha float in Nishinokiri was purchased from Sumiyoshicho in 1810 (Bunsei 7). There is also legend that the Nakanokiri float was received as a gift from the lord in 1821 (Bunsei 4).
During the Pacific War in 1945, two floats from Nakanokiri and Higashinokiri were burned down, but Higashinokiri in Furudemachi was later rebuilt, and Nakanokiri inherited the waterwheel from the Wakamiya Festival. The date of the Tenno Festival in Dekimachi has changed several times within early June, but in the 1960s it was changed to the current festival date of the first Saturday and Sunday of June, and remains so to this day. On the Friday immediately preceding the festival, Nishinokiri holds a children's lion dance, and Higashinokiri holds a Yoi Matsuri.
Festival Overview
| Date | First Saturday and Sunday of June every year |
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| Venue | Susanoo Shrine, etc. (located in Shindeki 1-chome, Higashi Ward, Nagoya City) |
| number of floats | 3 |
Access / Map
| Access by train | Meeting place: 4 minutes walk from Tokugawaen Shindeki bus stop on the city bus |
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