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Kariya Wansaka Festival (Kariya Wansaka Matsuri)

Kariya-City Kariya Wansaka Festival
(Kariya Wansaka Matsuri)

Date : 08/18/2023, 08/19/2023

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The Kariya Wansaka Festival is one of the city of Kariya's largest festivals with 150 thousand people coming in past years. The festival is filled with stage shows, hands-on attractions, a fireworks display, and other fun events offering good times to both children and adults alike.
The 2023 festival takes place over two days with the evening of Friday the 18th holding the Kariya Bon Dance Festival with a free-for-all bon dance before the main festival on Saturday the 19th, which paints the Kariya sky in vivid colors with a stunning fireworks display.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	: Fri, Aug 18–Sat, Aug 19, 2023
Holding time	: Fri, Aug 18: 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Sat, Aug 19: 1:00 pm–9:00 pm
Place	: Kariya City Multipurpose Athletic Park
Location	: 〒448-0011 1 Arata, Tsuiji-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi

Parking	: Unavailable. Come by public transportation or the free shuttle bus.
Restrooms	: Available
Phone number	: Inquiries regarding the Wansaka Festival • Kariya Wansaka Festival office: 070-1402-5688 (8:30 am–5:15 pm, weekdays) • Kariya City Tourism Association 0566-23-4100 (8:30 am–5:15 pm, weekdays) Inquiries regarding the Kariya Bon Dance Festival • Kariya City Recreation Association office 0566-63-6040 (8:30 am–5:15 pm on days other than Wed and public holidays)
Shuttle bus	: Available, free of charge (Running from various areas within the city of Kariya on the festival days only.)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

LINK

Kariya City Tourism Association event page (Japanese)

ACCESS

Access by public transport

• 20-min. walk from either Fujimatsu Station (southwest) or Hitotsugi Station (northwest) on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line.

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