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Tanuki's Bo-no-Te Festival (Tanuki no Bo-no-Te)

Nishio-City Tanuki's Bo-no-Te Festival
(Tanuki no Bo-no-Te)

Date : 10/16/2022

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A famous form of acrobatics mixed with martial arts, the Bo-no-Te (lit. "Hand of Pole" or "Hand of Stick"), once called Bojutsu, or "The Art of the Pole," is still performed during specific festivals around Aichi Prefecture. Every year at the Tanuki-cho Shinmei-sha Shrine in Nishio-City, a festival is held with demonstrations of this unique technique, which is designated as an Aichi Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Heritage.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	: October 16 (Sunday), 2022
Holding time	: From 9:30 AM
Place	: Tanuki-cho Shinmei-sha Shrine
Location	: 〒444-0301 64-2 Nishinokawa, Tanuki-cho, Nishio-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (Tanuki-cho Shinmei-sha Shrine)

Phone number	: 0563-57-7882 (Nishio City Tourism Association)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
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Autumn Events Information on the Nishio City Tourism Association Web Site (Japanese)

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From the bus platforms at the West Side of Nishio Station of the Meitetsu Nishio Line (board the Meitetsu Nagoya Line bound for Kira-Yoshida Station from Meitetsu Nagoya Station - in case of boarding the Meitetsu Nagoya Line bound for Chiryu and Toyohashi, you may need to change trains at Shin-Anjo Station), take the Rokumankoku Kururin Bus (六万石くるりんバス) Heisaka-Nakahata Line (平坂中畑線), get off at Nakabata Elementary School North (中畑小北 Nakabata Sho-Kita) and walk 4 min. northwards.
(Reference: https://www.city.nishio.aichi.jp/kurashi/kotsu/1001410/1002012.html)

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