Sea Festival East Mikawa (海フェスタ東三河 Umi Festa Higashi Mikawa) Major Events

Events

◘Sea Exhibition
Period: July 16 (Sat) - July 31 (Sun)
Hours: 10:00 to 17:00
Place: Life Port Toyohashi / Port Information Center

◘Events
•[Opening Ceremony]
Date and time: July 16 (Sat) 11:40 PM
Place: Life Port Toyohashi special stage

•[Seminars] Place: Life Port Toyohashi
:: Sakana-kun Aquarium Talk Show (Applications closed)
Date and time: July 21st (Thu) 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Place: Life Port Toyohashi Concert Hall
Admission: Free (on pre-registration) (1,000 seats)
Inquiries: 0532-51-2231 (Toyohashi City Hall Property Tax Division) *: 8:30 AM to 5:15 PM

:: Mikawa Port Automobiles Symposium
Date and time: July 24th (Sun) 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Place: Life Port Toyohashi Center Hall
Admission: Free (on pre-registration) (300 seats)
Application: >>Click here
Inquiries: 0532-34-0130 (Mikawa Port Promotion Association)

:: Cruise Ship Seminar “About the Charms of a Cruise Journey”
Date and time: July 26th (Tue) 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Place: Toyohashi Chamber of Commerce and Industry 9F Large Hall
Admission: Free (200 seats) First come, first served
Registration: Until July 22nd, providing names of all participants, name of the representative and contact information (address, phone number)
Inquiries: FAX: 0532-56-0981 (Higashi Mikawa Social Council)

:: Disaster Prevention Seminar
Date and time: July 24th (Sun) 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Place: Life Port Toyohashi Concert Hall
Admission: Free (1,000 seats)
Application: On the day at the Reception
Inquiries: 0532-51-3116 (Higashi Mikawa Regional Disaster Prevention Council)

:: Weather Seminar
Date and time: July 21st (Thu) (call to confirm time)
Place: Life Port Toyohashi / Youth Workers Home First Meeting Room
Admission: Free (45 seats)
Application: On the day at the Reception
Contact: 052-751-5124 (Nagoya Local Meteorological Observatory)

:: Customs Seminar “The Efforts on Customs”
Date and time: July 19th (Tue) 13:30 to 14:00
Place: Life Port Toyohashi / Youth Workers Home First Meeting Room
Admission: Free (45 seats)
Application: On the day at the Reception
Contact: 0532-32-6749 (Nagoya Customs Substation)

:: Rope Work Classroom, Seashell Art Classroom
Date and time: July 18 (Mon), 24 (Sun) 10:00 to 16:00 (1 day 6 times)
Place: Life Port Toyohashi working youth home first meeting room
Fee: 300 yen (Rope Work Classroom) 100 yen (Seashell Art Classroom)
Registration: On the day previous to the desired, at the Reception (each class 50 seats)
Contact: 080-3284-7455 (Toyohashi Sea Scouts General Secretariat)

:: “Tourism and the Sea” Town Meeting in Toyohashi - Building a Touristic Country *: Under planning
Date and time: July 22nd (Friday) 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Place: Hotel Associa Toyohashi
Admission: Free (on pre-registration)
Registration: Until July 21st: ① >>Japan Tourism Promotion Association HP ②E-mail ③FAX
Contact: 03-6435-8334

•[Opening of Large Ships for General Public Visitation]
Place: Jinnofuto Pier No. 3 Berth
__Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces - Destroyer “Kongo”
__Japan Meteorological Agency - Ocean Weather Ship “Keifumaru”
__ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology - Deep-Sea Research Vessel “Kairei”
__Miya Suisan Fisheries High School - Fishery Training Ship “Aichi-maru”
__Japan Coast Guard - Large Patrol Ship
__Chubu Regional Development Bureau - Dredging and Oil Recovery Vessel “Seiryu-maru”
__Practice Sailing Ship “Kaio-maru”
__Chubu Regional Development Bureau - Marine Environment Maintenance Vessel “Hakuryu”
__Sailing Ship “Mirai-he”
*: Schedule for each ship available at the Official Web Site.
*: All tours inside the ships are free of charge.

◘Gourmet Event
•[Higashi Mikawa Produce Expo]
Date and time: All Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays during the event, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
(*: Only July 16th (Sat), starting at 11:40 AM)
Place: Life Port Toyohashi Special Outdoor Venue

•[Fish market customers Thanksgiving]
Date and time: July 9th (Sat) 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM; July 23rd (Sat) 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Place: Toyohashi Fish Market (Toyohashi-City)

•[Sea Festival Machinaka Welcome Event]
Date and time: July 17th (Sun) and 18th (Mon-holiday) 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Place: Toyohashi Station South Exit Station Square (Toyotetsu Atsumi Line, Shin-Toyohashi Station)

•[Shinshiro Light Truck Market Non-Hoi Rurotto in Sea Festival East Mikawa]
Date and time: July 23rd (Sat) 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
(*: Only July 24th (Sun) 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM)
Place: July 23rd (Sat) - Life port Toyohashi; 24th (Sun) - Shinshiro Chuo-dori Central Street Shopping Street

•[Oku-Mikawa Food Festa Shitara]
>>Oku-Mikawa Food Festa Shitara(奥三河食彩フェスタしたら)

◘Toyohashi area
•[Paper Aquarium]
Date and time: July 16 (Sat) to 24 (Sun)
Place: Life Port Toyohashi

•[Mikawa Bay Thanksgiving Festival]
Date and time: July 23 (Sat) 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Place: Life Port Toyohashi

•[Grilled Fish Paste Tube “Chikuwa” Baking Experience] (applications closed)
Date and time: July 17th (Sun), 18th (Mon), 24th (Sun)
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Place: Life Port Toyohashi Special Outdoor Venue

•[Fish Cooking Class of Mr. Uekatsu]
Date and time: July 23rd (Sat)
9: 00 ~ 10: 00,10: 30 ~ 11: 30, ※ 13: 30 ~ 15: 00
Place: Toyohashi Fish Market

•[Exhibition “Mini Aquarium”]
Date and time: July 23rd (Sat) to August 7th (Sun)
Place: Toyohashi Museum of Natural History

•[Parent-Child Canoe Experience] (applications closed)
Date and time: July 28th (Thu) and 29th (Fri)
10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM

◘Experience Boarding
*: For participation fees and how to apply, please check each web site.

•[Sightseeing Cruiser “Tatsumi-maru” Harbor Cruise]
Date and time: July 16th (Sat) 12:40 PM, 2:00 PM
July 17th (Sun) 10:00 AM, 11:20 AM, 1:10 PM, 2:30 PM
Place: Jinnofuto Pier No. 3 Berth

•[Ise Bay Ferry Sunset Cruise] (applications closed)
Date and time: July 18 (Mon), 17:00 to 19:00
Place: Jinnofuto Pier No. 3 Berth

•[Sailing Ship “Mirai-he” Experience Sailing & Sailing Parade] (applications closed)
Date and time: Experience Sailing - July 30th (Sat), 3 rides
Place: Jinnofuto Pier No. 3 Berth

◘Watch & Listen Events
•[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces - Yokosuka Music Band Concert] (applications closed)
Date and time: July 17th (Sun) 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (estimated)
Location: Life Port Toyohashi Concert Hall

•[Mikawa Port Minato Theater: “Movie Reunion of the Sea” by Toyohashi Machinaka Slowtown Film Festival]
Date and time: July 18th (Mon) 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Life Port Toyohashi Center Hall
>>Application Form

•[Mikawa Port Motor Show 2016]
Date and time: July 24 (Sunday)
Location: Jinnofuto Pier

•[Sea Festival Exchange Stage Show]
Date and time: All Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays between July 16th (Sat) and 24th (Sat)
*: Only July 16th (Sat), starting at 11:40 AM

◘Tahara Area
•[Creatures classroom of the sea by the robot]
Date and time: July 18th (Mon) 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM, 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM, 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Place: Santepark Tahara

•[Ise Bay Vessel Traffic Center Tour]
Date and time: July 24th (Sun) 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Place: Ise Bay Vessel Traffic Center

•[Swim With the Fishes! Parent-Child Activity]
Date and time: July 24th (Sun) 1:00 PM
Place: Coconut Beach Irago

•[Coconut Summer Race! Beach Cup]
Date and time: July 30th (Sat) in Irago, July 31st (Sun) in Nisaki, August 6th (Sat) in Shiroya (all days from 10:00 AM)
Place: Coconut Beach Irago, Nisaki Beach, Shiroya Beach


◘Toyokawa & Gamagori Area
•[Toyokawa Exchange Ocean Cruising]
Date and time: July 3 (Sat) 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Place: Mitsu Marina (Toyokawa City)

•[Mikawa Bay Boat Festa 2016]
Date and time: July 16 (Sat) to 18th (Mon) 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Place: Laguna Marina (Gamagori)

•[Marine Memorial Day 2016 Yacht Experience Boarding Meeting]
Date and time: July 18 (Mon) 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Place: Kaiyo Yacht Harbor (Gamagori)

•[Project Connect by the Sea - Sea, Minato, Gamagori - 2016]
Date and time: July 30th (Sat), 31st (Sun), both days from 10:00 AM
Place: Boat Race Circuit Gamagori


◘Shinshiro-Kitashitara County Area
•[Let's Play at the Pure Stream! River Play]
Date and time: July 16th (Sat) from 9:00 AM, 17th (Sun) from 2:30 PM
Place: Toei Green House / Furikusa River

•[Chausuyama in Summer - Let's Play! Chausuyama! 2016]
Date and time: July 16th (Sat) to August 31st (Wed), from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Place: Chausuyama Kogen Plateau (Toyone Village)


◘Factory Tours
•[Kao Corporation - Toyohashi Plant Tours] (applications closed)
Date and time: July 18th (Mon-holiday) 8:30 AM, 10:40 AM, 1:15 PM, 3:10 PM
Place: Port Information Center (Toyohashi City)

•[Shinkurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding Shipyard Tours]
Date and time: July 18th (Mon-holiday), 30th (Sat) 9:40 AM, 11:45 AM, 1:35 PM, 3:25 PM
Application on the day, numbered tickets distribution start at 9:30 AM each day - first come, first served basis
Place: Port Information Center (Toyohashi City)

•[Toyota Motor Corporation - Tahara Plant Tours] (applications closed)
Date and time: July 25th (Mon-holiday), 26th (Tue), 27th (Wed), 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
(*: July 25th only the PM hours)
Place: Port Information Center (Toyohashi City)


◘Sightseeing Tour
•[Sea Festival East Mikawa - One-Day Mountain Course]
Date and time: July 22nd (Fri) 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Course: Toyohashi departure > Toyokawa (Yotsuya Senmaida “Thousand Rice Paddies” / 30 min) > Shitara Town (Damine Castle / 30 min) > Lunch / 45 min > Toyone Village (Chausuyama Kogen Plateau / 90 min) > Toei Town (Toei Onsen Hot Springs / 60 min) > Shinshiro (Roadside Station “Michi-no-eki” Mokkuru Shinshiro / 30 min) > Toyohashi arrival
Fare: 5,000 yen/person
*: Requires prior application until July 4th (Mon)>>Click here (Japanese)

•[Sea Festival East Mikawa - One-Day Ocean Course]
Date and time: July 22nd (Fri) 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Course: Toyohashi departure > Toyokawa (Toyokawa Inari Temple / 60 min) > Toyohashi (Futagawa-juku Historical Inn and Non-Hoi Park / 120 min) > Lunch at Non Hoi / 60 min > Gamagori (Takeshima Aquarium / 45 min & Festival Market / 130 min) > Tahara (Roadside Station “Michi-no-eki” Tahara Mekkun House / 30 min) > Toyohashi arrival
Fare: 5,000 yen/person
*: Requires prior application until July 4th (Mon) Click here (Japanese)

*: See the event’s Official Web Site for events not listed.
>>Sea Festival East Mikawa Official Web Site