【The lanterns of the floats light up the night sky】
Kuroiwa Gion Festival is a festival of the Iwato-jinja Shrine enshrined in Kuroiwa, Azai-cho, where floats decorated with lanterns like the Makiwara boat are pulled around. The Iwato-jinja Shrine called itself th...
The float parade (Yoi Festival) is performed in early August every year as the Gion Festival of Shinmei Ikuta-jinja Shrine in Shimo-Honmachi, Shinmei Daiichi-sha Shrine in Naka-Honmachi, and the Tenno Festival of Niimizo-jinja Shrine in Honmachi. Three mystical float...
8/4 Honmachi-Nishi 1, Iwakura City
Kanie-Town
Sunari Festival
The Sunari Festival with a history that dates back 400 and some years, is held jointly by both the Tomiyoshi Tatehaya-jinja Shrine and Hakken-sha Shrine, the tutelary shrines of the Sunari District, to pray for protection from the summer plague and a good harvest of ...
8/4 to 8/5 Monyashiki-Kami 1363, Sunari, Kanie Town, Ama County
The dedication fireworks of the Hokobune Shinto ritual at the Sugo Festival is a well-known fireworks event in Okazaki. The Hokobune boats with lit lanterns are launched on the Sugo River, and fireworks are dedicated. This Hokobune Shinto ritual has been passed down ...
8/4 Kosei-cho 630-1, Okazaki City
Toyokawa-City
Goyu-jinja Shrine Annual Grand Festival
This festival, commonly known as the Goyu Summer Festival, is a summer festival held by the Goyu-jinja Shrine on the first Saturday and Sunday of August. In the Yoimiya Festival held on the day before the festival day, Shinto rituals are held and the box of fireworks...
8/4 to 8/5 Goyu-jinja Shrine(Zennotana 31, Goyu-cho, Toyokawa City)
8/18
Ichinomiya-City
Usudai Festival (Sebe Usudai Festival)
【Float lanterns whirling round and round】
The Usudai Festival is held on August 16th every year these days, but it used to be held as an event of the Kannonji Temple on July 10th of the lunar calendar. The festival date was changed to the 3rd Saturday of the month...
August 18th (Saturday) * 19th (Sunday) if it rains Hakken-sha Shrine, Kannonji Temple(Daimon 53, Sebe, Ichinomiya City)
8/25
Toyokawa-City
Miyaji Ten-jinja Shrine Annual Grand Festival
This festival, commonly known as the Amagoi Festival, is held by the Miyaji Ten-jinja Shrine in Akasaka-cho on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of August every year. The Miyaji Ten-jinja Shrine used to be called Dakedaimyojin, and has been known as a shrine to pray to for...
8/25 to 8/26 Miyaji Ten-jinja Shrine(Miyaji 1120, Akasaka-cho, Toyokawa City)
The first ten days
Nagoya-City
Omori Tenno Festival
The former Omori Village consisted of five territories, and apart from the tutelary Yatsurugi-jinja Shrine of Omori Village, a Tenno-sha Shrine was enshrined in each territory. Each year after planting rice in the summer, Tsushima-jinja Shrine amulets and Omanto ho...
Annually on the 1st Sunday of August Yatsurugi-jinja Shrine, etc.(Omori, Moriyama Ward, Nagoya City)
Kiyosu-City
Tenno Festival
The Asahi Tenno Festival first started when people attached lanterns to torch stands with a prayer for the protection of children from the plague, and the float was made in 1762. After a Shinto prayer is given by a Shinto priest, a person holding a wand with paper st...
Asahi Tenno 90 Kiyoshu City
Handa-City
Kamezaki Community Summer Festival
The Kamezaki Community Summer Festival is held in Kamezaki, which is famous for the Shiohi Festival. It derives from the Annual Festival of Owari Sansha Shrine called the Sansha Festival, held since 1877. Although it was discontinued in 1962, it was revived in 1984 a...
Annually from late July to early August Kamezaki-cho 2-92, Handa City
Handa-City
Mizuho District Bon-Odori Dance
This summer festival is held in the Mizuho District located in the southeast of Handa City. The "Zuihosha" (which means the treasure of the Mizuho District) was built to commemorate the establishment of the Mizuho District in 1996. It is a delightful festival in whic...
Annually on the 1st weekend of August Mizuho-cho 3-1-6, Handa City
Handa-City
Kita District Summer Festival
This summer festival is held in the Shimo-Handa District located in the southeast of Handa City. The Miyabiguruma float was built in 1993, the year of the Crown Prince's marriage, and so it is named after the Crown Princess, Masako. The two-tier float is decorated wi...
Annually on the 1st weekend of August Higashi-Honmachi 2-18, Handa City
The middle ten days
Komaki-City
Akiba Festival
Although the origin of the festival is not certain, people say that it began as a festival to pray for Komakijuku's protection against fire.
It is said that the float parade started when Matahichi of Naritaya, who lived in Naka-Honmachi, dedicated a float during du...
Annually on the weekend before or after the 20th in August Komaki 5-153, Komaki City