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Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)

Inuyama-City Inuyama Festival (Inuyama Matsuri)

Date : 04/04/2020, 04/05/2020

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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.

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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

Date	: April 4th (Saturday) and 5th (Sunday), 2020
Holding time	: 8:00 AM to 9:30 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	: Cancels in case of inclement weather.

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
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ACCESS

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

Please use public transport as best as possible in order to help alleviate traffic jams.

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