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Okazaki-City Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine Festival

Date : 05/11/2024, 05/12/2024


  • Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine Festival
  • Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine Festival
  • Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine Festival

Festivities and floats come together

The Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine Festival is known as one of the city of Okazaki's top three major festivals. Rituals such as the portable shrine procession and entry to Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine's premises by gigantic parade floats remain much the same as they were during the middle of the Edo period. The festival meets its climax when the eight floats are lit up at once with paper lanterns before making their way toward the shrine with large lanterns on poles leading the way as they pass through all the different towns.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date : Sat, May 11–Sun, May 12, 2024
(Second Sat/Sun of May)
Holding time : Sat, May 11
10:00 am: Float purification ritual
10:30 am: Rehearsal Festival
1:30 pm: Young women's dance
3:00 pm: Ornate children's parade / Shrine entertainment
5:00 pm: Evening Festival / Gathering of floats
6:00 pm: Children's fireworks
7:20 pm: Shrine fireworks

Sun, May 12
8:00 am: Portable shrine procession
12:00 pm: Main Festival
1:00 pm: Float parade
1:30 pm: Young women's dance
3:00 pm: Shrine entertainment
7:20 pm: Floats' departure toward shrine
9:30 pm: Main Festival end
Place : Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine area (surrounding 11 towns)
Location : 〒444-0063
42-1 Motonomi-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi
Phone number : 0564-22-6706 (Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine)

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

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    • 12-min. (1-km) walk southeast from Kita-Okazaki Station on the Aichi Loop Line (board from Kozoji, Setoshi, Yakusa, Shin-Toyota, Naka-Okazaki, or Okazaki Stations).
    • From Higashi Okazaki Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line (board the train bound for Chiryu and Toyohashi Stations from Meitetsu Nagoya Station), take the Meitetsu Bus bound for Okutono Jinya Bus Stop via Daijuji Temple. Get off at Shimmeisha-mae Bus Stop and walk 2 min. southwest.
  • Access by car
    Access by car
    • Approx. 10 min. (3.7 km) northwest from Okazaki Interchange on the Tomei Expressway via Routes 1 and 39.
    • Approx. 27 min. (12.8 km) southeast from Toyota-Minami Interchange on the Isewangan Expressway via Routes 56, 26, and 39.

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