Sightseeing Information
*The time required to sightseeing area, is the time required from Fushiki area.
Etchu Yatsuo Owara Dance -Kaze no Bon-
Owara Kaze no Bon is a traditional festival preserved and nurtured by the residents of Yatsuo. It features elegant, flowing dancing to the melancholic melody of the kokyu, a stringed instrument played with a bow. The mystical, graceful movements enchant more than 200,000 visitors from in and outside Toyama Prefecture each year. The eve celebrations run from August 20 to 30, leading up to the climax between September 1 and 3.
DATE 20th August - 3rd September
- Address
- 939-2342
2898-1 Kamishinmachi, Yatsuo Town, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture - Access
- 60 minutes by car
- Distance
- About 30kｍ
- Links
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Etchu Yatsuo Owara Dance -Kaze no Bon-
Official site Tourism Infomartion in toyama - Contact
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Tourism Division, Toyama Prefectural Government
TEL +81-76-444-3200
Tonami Tulip Fair
Tonami Tulip Fair is a very appropriate event to be held in Tonami City, noted for its extensive tulip cultivation, this nationwide known tulip fair features 1 million tulips of around 600 varieties blooming all over the Tonami Tulip Park. The fair is held from late April to early May in Tonami Tulip Park.
Also, the Tonami Tulip Gallery is located adjacent to the Tonami Tulip Park on its eastern side and offers information about tulips to the public.
It has various facilities such as ""Tulip Square"" where you can appreciate tulips blooming with lovely flowers in all seasons and ""Tulip Terrace"" where you can enjoy flowers in every season, attracting many tourists throughout the year.
Also, the Tonami Tulip Gallery is located adjacent to the Tonami Tulip Park on its eastern side and offers information about tulips to the public.
It has various facilities such as ""Tulip Square"" where you can appreciate tulips blooming with lovely flowers in all seasons and ""Tulip Terrace"" where you can enjoy flowers in every season, attracting many tourists throughout the year.
DATE from late April to early May
- Address
- 939-1382
Hanazonomachi, Tonami city, Toyama Prefecture - Access
- 40 minutes by car
- Distance
- 20kｍ
- Links
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Tonami Tulip Gallery
- Contact
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TONAMI FLOWER AND GREENERY FOUNDATION
TEL +81-763-33-7716
Kokiriko Festival
Kokiriko is an old folk song and dance handed down through generations in the villages around the Gokayama area, and designated as intangible cultural heritage of Japan.
Kokiriko was developed to prey for the productiveness of grain and played during a work break of rice planting and harvesting.
Players wear a traditional and elegant costume of the Middle Age. They dance with “Sasara,” a traditional wooden percussion instrument. The performance still attracts audiences.
The Kokiriko Festival is organized September 25 and 26 every year in Kaminashi, Nanto-city. In the festival, there is a special session when visitors can dance all together.
Kokiriko was developed to prey for the productiveness of grain and played during a work break of rice planting and harvesting.
Players wear a traditional and elegant costume of the Middle Age. They dance with “Sasara,” a traditional wooden percussion instrument. The performance still attracts audiences.
The Kokiriko Festival is organized September 25 and 26 every year in Kaminashi, Nanto-city. In the festival, there is a special session when visitors can dance all together.
DATE September 25-6
- Address
- 939-1914
754 Kaminashi, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture - Access
- 60 minutes by car
- Distance
- About 50kｍ
- Links
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Gokayama Tourist Information
- Contact
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Gokayama Tourist Information
TEL +81-763-66-2468
Fushiki Hikiyama Festival “Kenkayama-Fighting Floats”
Fushiki Hikiyama Festival celebrates the bravery of the port town residents. Beautiful hanayama floats featuring flower-adorned conical hats in the daytime are redecorated at night into chochinyama floats adorned with some 360 lanterns. These floats, weighing about 8 tons each, clash with one another to the heroic beat of the Yamagaryu-daiko war drum in a grand event called katcha, which showcases the courage of the men of Fushiki.
DATE 15th May
- Address
- 933-0863
Fushiki Chuo-machi,Takaoka city,Toyama Prefecture - Access
- 15 min walk from port
- Distance
- About 1km
- Links
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Fushiki Hikiyama Festival “Kenkayama-Fighting Floats”
- Contact
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Tourism Division, Toyama Prefectural Government
TEL +81-76-444-3200
Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival
The Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival was inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list as part of the “Yama, Hoko, Yatai, Float Festivals of Japan” item in December 2016. The wheels, handrails, and beams of the “Mikurumayama” are decorated using Takaoka’s excellent metalwork, lacquerware, and dyeing. This line-up of some of the most splendid floats in Japan goes around the traditional float neighborhoods of the city, a true highlight of the festival. Floats can also be seen year round at the Takaoka Mikurumayama Museum.
DATE May 1 every year
- Address
- The area around Yamachou District and Katawaramachi, Takaoka, TOYAMA JAPAN
- Access
- 10 minutes on foot from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Takaoka Station
- Distance
- Approximately 10 kilometers from the Fushiki-Toyama Port
- Links
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Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival
Takaoka Mikurumayama Museum - Contact
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Takaoka city Tourism Association
TEL +81-766-20-1547
