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Tahara-City Tahara Festival

Date : 09/13/2024, 09/14/2024, 09/15/2024


Beautiful parade floats and
mechanized puppets since the Edo period

The Tahara Festival is known far and wide for its ornate festival floats with mechanized puppets atop, and is said to have started during the Edo period.
Three floats and their mechanized puppets go on parade together with elegantly decorated portable shrines, while at night, children on the floats perform dances with elaborate hand movements for the crowd.

Tahara Festival schedule

Fri, Sep 13:
• 4:00 pm–9:00 pm Portable shrine, nighttime parade floats, and musical street accompaniment (in Shin Town)

Sat, Sep 14:
• 10:10 am–1:00 pm Daytime parade floats (mechanized puppet floats)
• 2:30 pm–10:00 pm Nighttime parade floats and musical street accompaniment
• 8:00 pm–9:00 pm Nighttime parade float gathering

Sun, Sep 15:
• 10:10 am–1:00 pm Daytime parade floats (mechanized puppet floats)
• 3:30 pm–5:40 pm Large cannon portable shrine parade (handheld cannon fireworks, Roman candles, and large cannon fireworks)
• 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Large cannon fireworks (at Hananoki Square)

Planned events:

• Portable shrine parade
• Large cannon portable shrine parade
• Handheld and large cannon fireworks at Hananoki Square
• Religious ceremonies and handheld cannon fireworks displays at various shrines
• Neighborhood associations' portable shrine and daytime/nighttime parade float displays and short performances at various shrines

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date : Fri, Sep 13–Sun, Sep 15, 2024
Place : Around downtown Tahara City
Location : 〒441-3421
17 Hieda, Tahara-cho, Tahara-shi, Aichi (Tahara Festival Hall)
Phone number : 0531-23-3516 (Atsumihantou Visitors Bureau)

Note:
• Contact the Tahara Festival Hall at 0531-22-7337 on the day of the event.

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.

ACCESS

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    10-min. walk north from Mikawatahara Station on the Toyotetsu Atsumi Line (board from Shintoyohashi Station, adjacent to Toyohashi Station, which in turn is reachable from Meitetsu or JR Nagoya Station using either Meitetsu Nagoya Line or JR Tokaido Main Line).
  • Access by car
    Access by car
    Approx. 30 kilometers from Otowa Gamagori Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.

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