Tobata Gion Oyamagasa Festival
This traditional event has over 200 years of history. It has been designated a national Significant Intangible Folk Cultural Asset, and is familiar as one of the three greatest summer festivals of Fukuoka Prefecture. The daytime sees “nobori yamagasa,” floats with banners, and in the night these are transformed into “chochin yamagasa,” floats with tall pyramids of paper lanterns, one of the highlights of this event.
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HISTORY & RELIGION
More Information about Tobata Gion Oyamagasa Festival
Street address
- Throughout Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu City
About FUKUOKA Access
- 10 minutes on foot from JR Tobata Station
Opening Hours
- Held every year over three days, including the fourth Saturday in July
Closed
Best season
- All year
Point
- This festival is held over three days each year, with the middle day falling on the fourth Saturday in July. The Oyamagasa Kyoenkai, or Great Float Competition, is held in front of Tobata Ward Office from the evening of the middle day.
Spots around
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Dazaifu Tenmangu
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Nagahama Fish Market
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Harazuru Hot Spring
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Nakasu
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Komyozenji Temple
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Kyoho Winery
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Fukuoka Art Museum
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Tanga Market
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Unagi no Seiromushi
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Kokura Castle
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Yame Dento Kogeikan (Yame Traditional Crafts Museum)
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Yatai (Food Stalls)
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Kyushu National Museum
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Hakatamachiya Furusatokan
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Fukuoka Airport
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Tachibana Gardens
National Site of Scenic Beauty -
Michi no Eki Munakata Roadside Station
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Kaho Gekijo Kabuki Theater
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Acros Fukuoka
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Yanagawa river cruise
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Kushida Shrine
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Yabeya Konomi Honke
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Hiraodai (Senbutsu Cave)
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Ohori Park
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Hiraodai (Hiraodai Countryside Park)
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Port of Moji
Mekari area -
Munakata Taisha Shrine
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Kyushu Olle
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Kitakyushu Airport
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THE RAIL KITCHEN CHIKUGO
