Goyu Summer Festival
Date: Aug 2,2025(Sat)、Aug 3(Sun)
A show of floats and fireworks
The Goyu Summer Festival is a festival for Goyu Jinja Shrine. The shrine is located in the small town of Goyu, which was once a post town along the Old Tokaido Road, a major highway connecting Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Post towns acted as pit stops for travelers to make purchases or find lodging, and Goyu was established as the 35th along the lengthy route from Edo's Nihombashi Bridge by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The town has long had a reputation for its love of fireworks, and so during the Goyu Summer Festival, 3,000 magnificent fireworks—airborne and fountain-like gushing varieties—are launched into the air in addition to numerous fireworks shot off around the Otowa River terrace.
Event schedule
Sat, Aug 2, 2025
• Around 7:50 am Parade float procession
• 8:00 am Portable shrine departure from Goyu Jinja Shrine
• Around 11:40 am Portable shrine and float parade arrival at Goyuhashi Bridge area (portable shrine storage house)
• Around 2:00 pm–5:30 pm Large cannon parade (toward Otowa River)
• Around 7:00 pm–9:30 pm Handheld cannon fireworks, river fireworks, and airborne fireworks
Sun, Aug 3, 2025
• Around 1:00 pm Parade float procession
• Around 4:00 pm Portable shrine and float parade departure for Goyu Jinja Shrine (from Goyuhashi Bridge area)
• Around 6:35 pm Portable shrine and float parade arrival at pine tree-lined road
• Around 7:00 pm–9:30 pm Airborne fireworks
• Around 8:50 pm Portable shrine's return to Goyu Jinja Shrine (led by torches)
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Holding time | • Sat, Aug 2, 2025: 7:50 am–9:30 pm • Sun, Aug 3, 2025: 1:00 pm–9:30 pm |
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| Place | Goyu Jinja Shrine |
| Location | 〒441-0211 31 Zennotana, Goyu-cho, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi (Goyu Jinja Shrine) |
| Parking | Unavailable (come by public transportation) |
| Phone number | 0533-87-7214 (Goyu Community Center) |
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ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- 10-min. walk west from Goyu Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line (board from Meitetsu Nagoya Station).
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