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