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Inuyama-City [Float Festival Cancelled in 2021]
Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)

Date : 04/03/2021, 04/04/2021


  • Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)
  • Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)
  • Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)
  • Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)
  • Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)

The Inuyama Festival Float Festival has been cancelled in 2021. Only the shrine rituals will be held.
＞＞＞Event Cancellation Notice on the Inuyama Tourist Information Web Site (Japanese)

Inuyama Festival Float Event

The event that has been handed down to the present began in 1635 at the encouragement of Naruse Hayato no Sho Masatora, a chief retainer of the Owari Tokugawa family and lord of Inuyama Castle, as a festival of Haritsuna Shrine, where the local guardian deity is worshiped. One of the 33 Japanese festivals added as joint entry “Yama, Hoko, Yatai, Float Festivals in Japan” to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Humanity of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 30th, 2016.

Aichi Now Special Feature
Yama, Hoko and Yatai Float Festivals of Aichi - Registered UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
“Yama, Hoko, Yatai, Float Festivals in Japan”

Highlights

Inuyama Festival

Thirteen splendid floats, all of them with three tiers, give karakuri doll performances that have been passed down since the Edo period, to the sound of flute and taiko music. At night, all the floats weave their way through avenues of cherry blossom trees in full bloom as they parade through the castle town, each of them bearing 365 glowing lanterns. The magnificent sight is truly like something out of a ukiyo-e woodblock print.

EVENT OVERVIEW

  • Multipurpose toilet
  • Souvenirs
  • Restaurant
Date : April 3 (Saturday) and 4 (Sunday), 2021
Holding time : 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Place : Around the Inuyama Old Castle Town area
Location : 〒484-0081
14 Fujimi-cho, Inuyama, Inuyama-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
(Inuyama Tourist Information Center)
Fee : Free
Parking : Please use public transport as best as possible to help alleviate traffic jams.
Restrooms : Available
Phone number : 0568-61-6000 (Inuyama Tourist Information Center)
Holidays : Cancelled in the case of inclement weather.

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
    15 min. westwards walk from either Inuyama-Yuen Station or Inuyama Station, both of the Meitetsu Inuyama Line (board the train bound for Inuyama from Meitetsu Nagoya Station).
  • Access by car
    Access by car
    Please use public transport as best as possible in order to help alleviate traffic jams.

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INFORMATION ON THE SURROUNDING AREA

"Dondenkan" Inuyama Festival MuseumInuyama-City

"Dondenkan" Inuyama Festival Museum
Always displaying any three or four of the floats used in the famous Inuyama Festival, whi...
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"Shiro-to-Machi Museum" Inuyama Cultural Assets Museum (Inuyama-shi Bunka Shiryokan)Inuyama-City

"Shiro-to-Machi Museum" Inuyama Cultural Assets Museum (Inuyama-shi Bunka Shiryokan)
To really appreciate the ancient castle town of Inuyama, it may be best to start your visi...
  • Multipurpose toilet
  • Parking
  • Wi-Fi

Karakuri Exhibition Museum and Inuyama Cultural Assets Museum Annex (Karakuri Tenjikan - Inuyama-shi Bunka Shiryokan Bekkan)Inuyama-City

Karakuri Exhibition Museum and Inuyama Cultural Assets Museum Annex (Karakuri Tenjikan - Inuyama-shi Bunka Shiryokan Bekkan)
The best place in Japan to learn about the Karakuri Mechanized Puppet Dolls - besides the ...
  • Parking

Inuyama Castle TownInuyama-City

Inuyama Castle Town
A castle town stretches away to the south of the national treasure that is Inuyama Castle....
  • Souvenirs
  • Parking
  • Restaurant
  • Wi-Fi

Sanko Inari ShrineInuyama-City

Sanko Inari Shrine
Located at the base of Inuyama Castle, Sanko Inari Shrine has a long, rich history. Sanko ...
  • Wi-Fi

National Treasure Inuyama CastleInuyama-City

National Treasure Inuyama Castle
Only 12 original castles remain in original condition across Japan. Of those 12, only five...
  • Souvenirs
  • Parking
  • Wi-Fi

Urakuen Japanese Garden / National Treasure Teahouse Jo-anInuyama-City

[Temporarily Closed] Urakuen Japanese Garden / National Treasure Teahouse Jo-an
The ancient castle town of Inuyama just north of Nagoya must be the only place in the worl...
  • Parking
  • Restaurant

Inuyama Narita-san TempleInuyama-City

Inuyama Narita-san Temple
  • Multipurpose toilet
  • Souvenirs
  • Parking
  • Restaurant

THE SURROUNDING ACCOMMODATION

Inuyama International Youth HostelInuyama-City

Inuyama International Youth Hostel

NO IMAGEIchinomiya-City

APA Hotel the Owariichinomiya station square (ICHINOMIYA EKIMAE CLASSIC HOTEL)

Iris AichiNagoya-City

Iris Aichi

Café Restaurant & Guest House - NishiasahiNagoya-City

Café Restaurant & Guest House - Nishiasahi

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