Chita-City Asakura Lion Ladder Festival

Date : 10/04/2025, 10/05/2025

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Designated an intangible folk cultural property by Aichi Prefecture

The Asakura Lion Ladder Festival is a religious ceremony of Musan Jinja Shrine where two men dressed up as a traditional, mythical lion climb up a tall ladder to perform a death-defying dance atop a simple bamboo stage nine meters in the air. Spectators hold their breath as the lion performs acrobatic stunts like summersaults in this suspenseful and heart-pounding display!

Date	: Sat, Oct 4–Sun, Oct 5, 2025
Holding time	: Sat, Oct 4, 2025 • Lion dance: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm Sun, Oct 5, 2025 • Lion dance dedication to Musan Jinja Shrine: 11:00 am–11:20 am • Children's lion dance performance (stage event): 2:00 pm–3:00 pm • Lion dance performance: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm/7:00 pm–9:30 pm
Place	: Musan Jinja Shrine
Location	: 〒478-0017 2 Higashi-Yashiki, Shinchi, Chita-shi, Aichi

Date

: Sat, Oct 4–Sun, Oct 5, 2025

Holding time

: Sat, Oct 4, 2025
• Lion dance: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm

Sun, Oct 5, 2025
• Lion dance dedication to Musan Jinja Shrine: 11:00 am–11:20 am
• Children's lion dance performance (stage event): 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
• Lion dance performance: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm/7:00 pm–9:30 pm

Place

: Musan Jinja Shrine

Location

: 〒478-0017
2 Higashi-Yashiki, Shinchi, Chita-shi, Aichi

Parking	: Pay parking available around Asakura Station
Phone number	: 0562-51-5637 (Chita City Tourism Association)

Parking

: Pay parking available around Asakura Station

Phone number

: 0562-51-5637 (Chita City Tourism Association)

ACCESS

Access by public transport: 3-min. walk south from Asakura Station on the Meitetsu Tokoname Line (board from Meitetsu Nagoya Station).

Access by car: Approx. 17 min. (650 m) from Obu Tokai Interchange on Chitahanto Road.

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