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Chiryu-City Akiba Festival

Date : 09/22/2024


  • Akiba Festival

The city of Chiryu's
pinnacle autumn festival

Chiryu experienced a number of tragic fires during the Edo period, but one year, a single household which had been worshipping an amulet from Akiba Jinja Shrine is said to have been spared even as the fire spread all around it. The shrine was ceremonially transferred as a division of the original Akiba Jinja Shrine in what is now Shizuoka Prefecture in 1745.

What to watch for

The Akiba Festival is held annually on Sunday, mid-September. Groups of young men from six towns parade around the streets carrying wooden tamabako chests on their shoulders and singing. In the evening, each group enters Chiryu Jinja Shrine in turns and makes an offering of shooting handheld cannon fireworks in a courageous act. They create a circle, holding the cannons with both hands from which sparks and fire soar over seven meters into the air, creating a wondrous spectacle. What's more, the six towns respectively shoot up 200 shots in one go, one after the other.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date : Sun, Sep 22 (national holiday), 2024
Holding time : Handheld fireworks from 7:00 pm
Place : Chiryu Jinja Shrine and surrounding streets
Location : 〒472-0023
12 Jinden, Nishi-machi, Chiryu-shi, Aichi
Parking : Please come by public transportation.
Phone number : 0566-81-0055 (Chiryu Jinja Station)
0566-83-1111 (Chiryu City Tourism Association)

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ACCESS

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    12-min. walk north from Chiryu Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line (board from Meitetsu Nagoya Station).

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