Chiryu-jinja Shrine Annual Festival (Chiryu Festival)
The Chiryu Festival is a Chiryu-jinja Shrine Festival that has been held since the Edo period. The Main Festival and Ai Festival are held in alternative years on May 2nd (Shigaku) and 3rd (Hongaku). Each of the five towns, Yamamachi, Naka-Shinmachi, Honmachi, Nishima...
Biannually on May 2nd (Shigaku Festival) and 3rd (Main Festival). Main Festival and Ai Festival held in alternate years. Float Bunraku and Float Karakuri performed on Main Festival years only. Jinden 12, Nishimachi, Chiryu City
5/3
Handa-City
Kamezaki Shiohi Festival
The origin of the Shiohi Festival is not known, but according to folklore, samurai warriors came to this area in the late 15th century and settled in the shrine neighborhood (Terayama). As the population increased, they set about planning a festival. The Shinto pries...
5/3 to 5/4 Kamezaki-cho 2-92, Handa City, etc.
Kariya-City
Kariya Float Festival
The floats of Sakanamachi and Shinmachi of Kariya are also called the Kasha, Hanaguruma, or Saireisha, and were once used in the Ichibara Inari-jinja Shrine Festival. Today, they are used in the float festival held in conjunction with the Daimyo Gyoretsu Procession. ...
5/3 Tsukasa-cho 8-52, Kariya City
5/12
Okazaki-City
Shinmeigu Shrine Annual Grand Festival
【A festival with a portable shrine procession and a float parade】
The Nomi Shinmeigu Shrine Annual Grand Festival, in which festival music and dance is performed on eight floats, has been held since the middle of the Edo period. It is one of the three major festiv...
5/12 to 5/13 Motonomi-cho 42-1, Okazaki City
The first ten days
Tokoname-City
Ono Festival
【A collaboration of three floats and a Makiwara boat 】
The festival dates back to the end of the Edo period in the 1700s. Three floats, namely the Karakosha (Takasuka District), Koyosha (Hashizume District) and Baieisha (Juo District), as well as the Gonmaru (Go...
Ono-machi 4, Tokoname City, etc.
The middle ten days
Nagoya-City
Wakamiya Festival
The Wakamiya Hachiman-sha Shrine Festival began when Kasaboko floats from towns of shrine parishioners paraded in 1671. The floats appeared in 1674, three years after the festival started. There were five floats in the beginning, and by 1772, all seven renowned festi...
Wakamiya Hachiman-sha Shrine(Sakae 3, Naka Ward, Nagoya City)
The last ten days
Nagoya-City
Ishidori Festival
Like other districts nearby, a portable shine was used for the festivals at Tsushima-jinja Shrine until 1935. Four festival floats were purchased that year from Kuwana, and the Ishidori Festival started then. The floats were originally used in the Edo period at Ishid...