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Nishio Gion Festival

Nishio Gion Festival

Date: Jul 18,2025(Fri)、Jul 19(Sat)、Jul 20(Sun)

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400 years of tradition and the spirit of Nishio's townsfolk

The city of Nishio's castle town has continued its Gion Festival for the past 400 years or so, and offers the spectacle of a stunning parade through the downtown area by the portable shrine of Ibun Jinja Shrine—a municipal tangible cultural folk property—as well as the municipal intangible cultural folk properties that are Sakana Town's Daimyo Parade and Tenno Town's lion dance.
A village of vendors dots the shopping street while dance and band performances fill the air with an energetic spirit. You can even take part in simultaneously held Rokumangoku Fest Nishio and other events. The Odorin Nishio communal dance festival tops the festive spirit with giant dance troupes—from children to adults—cutting a rug in decorative costumes for the Gion Festival's finale.
Feel the summer heat and take part in the passion that is the Nishio Gion Festival!

EVENT OVERVIEW

Place	Around downtown Nishio City
Location	〒445-0865 1-3 Hon-machi, Nishio-shi, Aichi Note: • The Access Map shows the location of the festival's headquarters.
Parking	Available Note: • Areas with traffic restrictions experience congestion. Come by public transportation if possible.
Phone number	• 0563-65-2169 (Cultural Promotion Section, Nishio City Hall) • 0563-56-5151 (Nishio Chamber of Commerce and Industry) • 080-2040-4014 (number for inquiries the day of the festival)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

LINK

Nishio City Tourism Association event page

ACCESS

Access by public transport

3-min. walk west from Nishio Station on the Meitetsu Nishio Line (board from either Shin-Anjo Station or Meitetsu Nagoya Station).
Access by car

Approx. 45 min. from Okazaki Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.