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Handa Kuranomachi Momo-no-Sekku (Peaches' Season at Handa Warehouses Town)

Handa-City Handa Kuranomachi Momo-no-Sekku (Peaches' Season at Handa Warehouses Town)

Date : 03/02/2019, 03/03/2019

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"Hina Ningyo" Dolls and "Tsurushi Hina" Hanging Mobiles decorate each one of the Handa Warehouses Town's touristic facilities for this year's Hina Festival.
During the festival's period, admission to both MIZKAN MUSEUM and Kunizakari Sake-no-Bunkakan Museum, which usually requires reservations, is open for free visitation. The Handa Akarenga Red Brick Building holds its monthly open market.
The annual procession of girls celebrating Hina Festival, the "Jusan Mairi" (Procession of the Thirteen), is also an interesting event.

Kura-no-Machi Warehouses Town

• Jusan Mairi (Procession of the Thirteen)
• Date: March 2nd (Saturday)
• Time: 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM, 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
• Girls about to complete 13 years of age come dressed in kimonos and tour the city, departing from the Ryokan & Restaurant Suehiro, and stopping for blessing and purification ritual at the Nariha Shrine. An event that decorates the town with the grace of the girls in kimonos.

Handa Red Brick Building (Handa Akarenga Tatemono)

• Exhibit of Glass Art Hina and Glass Hina Festival
• Period: March 2nd (Saturday) and 3rd (Sunday)
• Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (3:00 PM on the last day)
• Hina dolls depicted in glass art handcraft pieces, illuminated by a gentle light. A fantastic ambient created by LED illumination.

MIZKAN MUSEUM

• Spring Time Free Visitation
• Hina Ningyo Dolls and Tsurushi Hina Mobiles Exhibit
• Date: March 2nd (Saturday) and 3rd (Sunday)
• Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Last Admission 4:00 PM)
• Admission free of charge
• The popular facility opens its doors for free visitation, dispensing reservations extraordinarily for both days.

Kunizakari Sake no Bunkakan Museum

•Sakagura no Joshi no Sekku (Sake Brewer's March 3rd Season Day)
• Date: March 2nd (Saturday) and 3rd (Sunday)
• Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Admission free of charge
• Hina Dolls Exhibit, sales of limited brews of sake, and tasting sessions of amazake and nigorizake, etc.

Other events also scheduled at Former Nakano Hanroku Residence, the CLACITY facility and others.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	: March 2nd (Saturday) and 3rd (Sunday), 2019
Place	: Kuranomachi Warehouses Town Area Handa Red Brick Building Area
Location	: 〒475-0873 1-8 Toyo-cho, Handa-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (Handa Tourist Association)

Parking	: Available, free of charge (Kuranomachi East Parking Lot, cap. 247 cars)
Restrooms	: Available
Phone number	: 0569-32-3264 (Handa Tourist Association)
Holidays	: Varies depending on the facility.

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ACCESS

Access by public transport

•Handa Kuranomachi Warehouses Town Area:
-15min eastwards walk from Chitahanda Station of the Meitetsu Kowa Line (board the Express (急行 Kyuko) service train bound for Utsumi (内海) from Meitetsu Nagoya Station) (about 32min ride, 660 yen), or;
-5min eastwards walk from Handa Station of the JR Taketoyo Line (board the Semi Rapid (区間快速 Kukan Kaisoku) service train bound for Taketoyo (武豊) from Nagoya Station) (about 45min ride, 670 yen).

•Handa Red Brick Building Area:
-5min eastwards walk from Sumiyoshicho Station of the Meitetsu Kowa Line (board the Express (急行 Kyuko) service train bound for Utsumi (内海) from Meitetsu Nagoya Station) (about 32min ride, 660 yen).
Access by car

Approx. 10min (3.2km) eastwards from Handa-Chuo I.C. of the Chita Peninsula (Chita-Hanto) Toll Road via routes 365, and 247 (Handa Red Brick Building), and 262 (Kuranomachi Warehouses Town).

*: From downtown Nagoya-City, use the Nagoya Expressway Ring Route - i.e., enter at Marunouchi ramp, then head south by Nagoya Expressway R3 Odaka Route. At Odaka Junction, change to the Chita Peninsula (Chitahanto) Toll Road. Approx. 40min (35km) ride to Handa-Chuo I.C.

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