- Shinano Gion Festival
- [Seto-City]
- Date : 7/21/2018
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- This festival is held in Shimo-Shinano District in Seto City on the 3rd Saturday in every July. The festival consists of a procession through the district center of a portable shrine and dances centered around a float, and is held to ward off epidemics and summer diseases and pray for a rich harvest as well as prosperity in business. In the upper layer of the float, a statue of Emperor Jimmu is placed in the center with smaller statues of attendants on both sides, which are enshrined as the float's objects of worship.
Festival Overview
Overview
| Date | 7/21/2018 |
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| Venue | Shinano-cho 2-40, Seto City |
| Parking | Paid (cap. 1,200 cars) |
| Phone number | 0561-41-0009（Shinano Gion Festival Supporting Association (Shimo-Shinano Joint District Neighborhood Association） |
Access / Map
Access / Map
| Access by public transport | 20 minutes by route bus from Meitetsu Seto Line Owari-Seto Station. |
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| Access by car | 20 minutes to the north on National Route 248 from Seto city center. |