40th Erika Cup Yacht Race
Date: Jun 7,2026(Sun)
Swift seacraft sailing across the waves
This yacht race is one of Japan's largest and began as a commemoration of when the Erika, a handmade yacht sailing around the world approximately 60 thousand kilometers and 26 countries, returned back to Japan at Gamagori Port. Get swept up in the excitement of this exhilarating race!
Course details
• Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2026
• Time: Around 11:00 am
• Location: Gamagori Offing
• Fee: Free of charge
Notes:
• The course takes place around Mikawa Oshima Island and Takeshima Island. Tourists and residents can watch from land.
• Times may vary due to weather and other such factors.
Yacht Race Spectator Boat and OP Yacht Children's Experience Boat
Yacht Race Spectator Boat
• Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2026
• Time: 9:00 am–11:30 am (meet-up at 8:45 am)
• Location: Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat (south of Takeshima Aquarium)
• Participant capacity: 350 people (raffle drawing should capacity be filled)
• Fee: Free of charge
OP Yacht Children's Experience Boat
• Date: Sat, Jun 6, 2026
• Time: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
• Boat launch: Laguna Ten Bosch Festival Market Water Stage and nearby ocean
• Participant capacity: 30 people (raffle drawing should capacity be filled)
• Fee: Free of charge
• Note: Available to elementary school ages.
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Date | Sun, Jun 7, 2026 • Yacht Race Spectator Boat: Sun, Jun 7, 2026 • OP Yacht Children's Experience Boat: Sat, Jun 6, 2026 |
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| Holding time | • Yacht Race Spectator Boat: 9:00 am–11:30 am (meet-up at 8:45 am) • OP Yacht Children's Experience Boat: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm |
| Place | Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat and Laguna Ten Bosch Festival Market Note: • The Access Map shows the location of the Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat. |
| Location | 〒443-0033 937 Matsubara-cho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi (Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat) 〒443-0014 2-2 Kaiyo-cho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi (Laguna Ten Bosch Festival Market) |
| Phone number | • 0533-66-1120 (Tourism, Commerce, and Industry Section; Gamagori City Hall) • 052-971-5835 (JSAF Tokai Ocean Sailing Club) |
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
- From Nagoya Station, take the JR Tokaido Main Line bound for Toyohashi and get off either at Gamagori Station or Mikawa-Otsuka Station. Take the Meitetsu Bus bound for Laguna Gamagori that passes by both stations.
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- Access by car
- Approx. 20 min. south from Otowa Gamagori Interchange on the Tomei Expressway, via Routes 73, 473, 247, and 23.
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