2025 Toyohashi Gion Festival
Date: Jul 18,2025(Fri) ～ Jul 20(Sun)
Brilliant explosions in the sky from hand-held cannons
The Toyohashi Gion Festival has also gone by the moniker of the Sanshu Yoshida Fireworks Festival, after the area's older name of Yoshida in the Sanshu, or Mikawa, region since the Edo period and the local Yoshida Jinja Shrine is said to be where the Mikawa tradition of hand-held cannon fireworks originated.
As was last year, this year too hosts a fireworks display with some 12,000 aquatic goldfish, sequenced, 23.5-centimeter-diameter shell, and river stage fireworks sparkling in and booming above the clear waters of Toyo River.
Handheld cannon fireworks are shot off on Friday, July 18 within Yoshida Jinja Shrine's premises.
2025 festival program
Fri, Jul 18
Yoshida Jinja Shrine precincts from 6:30 pm
• Handheld cannon fireworks
• Large cannon fireworks
• Mechanized cannon fireworks
Sat, Jul 19
Toyo Riverbanks from 6:00 pm
• Mechanized fireworks
• Aquatic goldfish fireworks
• Sequenced fireworks
• Various-sized fireworks
• River stage fireworks
(Total of approx. 12,000 airborne fireworks)
Sun, Jul 20
Yoshida Jinja Shrine Departure from 4:30 pm
• Daimyo Procession
• Manju bun giveaway
• Sasa dance
• Portable shrine procession
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Date | • Fri, Jul 18: From 6:30 pm • Sat, Jul 19: From 6:00 pm • Sun, Jul 20: From 4:30 pm |
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| Place | • Fri, Jul 18: Yoshida Jinja Shrine premises • Sat, Jul 19: Toyo Riverside • Sun, Jul 20: Departure from Yoshida Jinja Shrine |
| Location | 〒440-0891 2 Sekiya-cho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi (Yoshida Jinja Shrine) |
| Parking | No parking available during the Gion Festival period and surrounding preparation periods. Use public transportation. |
| Restrooms | Available |
| Phone number | 0532-53-5528 (Toyohashi Gion Festival Support Association Office) |
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.
ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- Take the Toyotetsu City Line tram from Toyohashi Station and get off at Toyohashikoen-Mae Station. Walk 20 min. (1.5 km) northeast to Toyokawa Park.
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