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 & RELIGIONStreet 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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Komyozenji Temple
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Yatai (Food Stalls)
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Ohori Park
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Kyushu National Museum
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Munakata Taisha Shrine
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Tachibana Gardens
National Site of Scenic Beauty -
Port of Moji
Mekari area -
Hiraodai (Senbutsu Cave)
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Harazuru Hot Spring
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Kitakyushu Airport
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Unagi no Seiromushi
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Nagahama Fish Market
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Yanagawa river cruise
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Kyoho Winery
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Michi no Eki Munakata Roadside Station
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Fukuoka Art Museum
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Yame Dento Kogeikan (Yame Traditional Crafts Museum)
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Hiraodai (Hiraodai Countryside Park)
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Fukuoka Airport
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Yabeya Konomi Honke
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THE RAIL KITCHEN CHIKUGO
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Tanga Market
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Acros Fukuoka
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Kushida Shrine
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Dazaifu Tenmangu
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Kokura Castle
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Hakatamachiya Furusatokan
