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Nagoya-City Samurai & Ninja Festival 2023

Date : 11/19/2023


  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2023
  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2023

Gather, exchange, and relax — A fun experiential Warring States period event that's fun for the whole family

The prefecture of Aichi is famous for churning out many of the military commanders of Japan's tumultuous Warring States period, including famous Lord Nobunaga, Lord Hideyoshi, and Lord Tokugawa, who came from the area. As the "Hometown of Commanders", Aichi offers an event sure to give you your fill of historical samurai and ninja fun: the Samurai & Ninja Festival.
Try training as a ninja, enjoy stage events with warrior and ninja performance groups from all over Japan, watch in awe at matchlock gun firings, and plenty more for family fun ages 1–100!

Event details

The event details below are from last year. Updates to come for this year's events.

■Stage Events
Astounding martial acrobatics and thematic dance choreography in a beautiful performance by the samurai and ninja groups from across the country. Lots of entertainment also with the collaborative stages showing the association of characters that will give wings to the imagination!

■Field Event
•Hinawaju Matchlock Live Fire Show
Live fire performance show of Hinawaju matchlock arquebuses demonstrating a variety of types of weapons that both instigate the curiosity for these historic relics and make the soul tremble with their deafening blasts!

■Samurai & Ninja Experience Program
Dive into the ninja world by experiencing many elements of the ninja culture! Wildly popular among the smaller kids, these attractions make their way to Odaka Greens!

■Online Program
Programs such as online broadcasts of Ninja School stage performances and behind-the-scenes with ninja groups will be held this year.

■Other Attractions
•Old Battlefield Quiz Rally
•Sword Documents Exhibit Booth
•Aichi Prefecture Tourism PR Booths
•Samurai & Ninja Groups PR Booths
•Samurai & Sengoku Merchandise and Goods
•Etc.

  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2021
  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2021
  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2021
  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2021
  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2021
  • Samurai & Ninja Festival 2021

EVENT OVERVIEW

  • Multipurpose toilet
  • Souvenirs
Date : Sun, Nov 19, 2023
Holding time : 10:00 am–4:00 pm
Place : Aichi Prefectural Odaka Greenery Park (Mt. Wakakusa, lawn area, etc.)
Location : 〒459-8001
1-1 Takayama, Odaka-cho, Midori-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
Fee : Admission free of charge
Restrooms : Available
Phone number : 052-962-7277 (Samurai & Ninja Festival 2023 Office, available 10:00 am–5:00 pm, weekdays)

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.

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ACCESS

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    From Nagoya Station:
    • Take the Meitetsu Nagoya Line bound for Chiryu/Toyohashi, get off at Sakyoyama Station, and walk 5 min.
    • Take the JR Tokaido Main Line bound for Obu/Toyohashi, get off at Minami-Odaka Station, and walk 30 min.

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