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The 2024 “Tawarayama Hot Springs Festival” is underway! (4/20,21)

  • Last updated:

    Apr 21, 2024

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    Nagato Tourism Convention Association

Annual Hot Springs Festival!

The "Tawarayama Onsen Matsuri" is being held today (Saturday, April 20, 2024) and tomorrow (Sunday, April 21, 2024) in the Tawarayama hot spring resort area. This festival is held every April in the hot spring resort area, and includes Kabuki and Japanese drum performances by local volunteers, a ding-dong parade, and a children's portable shrine.

→For more information on the event, click here.

Event

Universal flags were displayed in the hot spring resort area, and stalls were lined up in various locations.

Kabuki "Gonin Sanbaso

From 1:00 p.m., a Kabuki performance by local volunteers will be held on a stage set up in front of Kumano Shrine.

 

ding-dong parade

After the Kabuki performance, there will be a ding-dong parade. The parade parades through the hot spring resort area with street performances.

 

portable shrine (carried in festivals)

The rain that began to fall during the ding-dong parade gradually turned into a full-blown downpour.

In the rain, the children's portable shrines depart from Kumano Shrine and proceed through the hot spring resort area with shouts of encouragement.

The mikoshi will make a round trip through the hot spring resort and then be delivered to a shrine.

According to the forecast, it is not expected to rain tomorrow. There will be a variety of events scheduled for tomorrow, so please come and join us!

→For more information on the event, click here.