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Kota Kite Flying Festival (Kota Takoage Matsuri)

Kota-Town Kota Kite Flying Festival (Kota Takoage Matsuri)

Date : 01/14/2018

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150 kites large and small adorning the sky

Up until the later half of the 20th century, kite flying was a popular New Year's Day children's pastime. The town of Kota holds a kite-flying competition every January. Participants compete to see which kites will fly for the longest time and which kites look best. The sky is adorned by a wide variety of kites from all over the country, some of them gigantic specimens exceeding 18 ㎡.

People with small and medium-sized kites can simply turn up an participate on the day. The festival has lots of other events, including a wadaiko drum performance and a rock-paper-scissors competition. You can also get something simple to eat at Yataimura (literally, "Stall Village").

Kota Kite Flying Festival (Kota Takoage Matsuri)

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	: January 14th, 2018 (Sunday)
Holding time	: 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Place	: Farming fields of Hishiike *: In case of inclement weather, changes to Kite Exposition at the JA Aichi Mikawa Kota Center.
Location	: 〒444-0113 Hishiike, Kota-Town, Nukata-District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Parking	: Available, free of charge (Kota Town Hall Parking Lot and Disaster Prevention Field, with shuttle bus connecting to the event's venue) *: Shuttle Bus available from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
Phone number	: 0564-62-1111 (main) Extension 195 (Kota Kite Flying Festival Organizing Committee - Lifelong Learning Division)

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ACCESS

Access by public transport

Kota Town Hall is a 7min northwards walk from Kota Station of the JR Tokaido Main Line
Shuttle bus will be available from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM, departing from both Kota Town Hall's Parking Lot, and Disaster Prevention Field, that will serve as parking space, taking guests to the event venue (farming fields of Hishiike)
Access by car

Approx. 25min southwards from Okazaki I.C. of the Tomei Expressway, by routes 26, 248 and 483 (after approx. 10.5km, turn left from route 483 when it veers west, Kota Town Hall will be reached in approx. 100 meters)