Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival
Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival, Aichi Prefecture 尾張津島天王際 - The 500-year-old Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival takes place annually on the 4th Saturday and Sunday in July in Tsushima just outside Nagoya.
Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival, Aichi Prefecture 尾張津島天王際
The 500-year-old Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival takes place annually on the 4th Saturday and Sunday in July in Tsushima just outside Nagoya.
Lantern floats
On the Saturday evening five wood and straw boats decorated with hundreds of paper lanterns float on the Tenno river setting the water glittering with reflected light.
There are firework displays, flute music and taiko drumming to entertain the thousands of people who attend the festival, many wearing colorful yukata.
Fireworks at the festival
On the Sunday a similar procession of boats takes place on the river, this time with life-size dolls riding on top of the boats.
Visitors can pay 2,000 yen for a water-side seat on tatami mats or chairs or just find a free spot on the river bank and picnic down for the evening.
Tsushima also hosts a smaller autumn festival on the first Saturday and Sunday of October.
Access - Getting There
Tsushima Shrine and the Tenno River Park are a 15-minute walk from Tsushima station on the Meitetsu Tsushima line from Meitetsu Nagoya Station.
There are also Meitetsu buses from Nagoya to Tsushima from the Meitetsu Bus Center at Nagoya Station.
Tsushima Tourism site (in Japanese)
