Seto-City 31st KURUFUKU Maneki Neko Festival in Seto
Date: Sep 26,2026(Sat)、Sep 27(Sun)
A festival to thank the maneki neko cats
Mass production of maneki neko, or beckoning cat, statues began initially with ceramic pieces around the end of the 1800s and the early 1900s. That makes a history of more than 100 years in Seto City and since 1996, the city has celebrated the auspicious feline statues with this festival. Beckon your own luck during the KURUFUKU Maneki Neko Festival in Seto!
All of Seto stops for this amazing celebration of beckoning cats! First and foremost, there's the 100 Japanese Beckoning Cats Exhibition Contest, featuring cat statues by 100 artists selected from open entries. And let's not forget about the delicious Fukufuku Lunches, hands-on beckoning cat workshops, cat merchandise available for purchase, and everything else cat-related beloved by all each year.
Get your face painted and put on some cat ears for the purrrfect day out around Seto!
Event details
• 100 Japanese Manekineko Exhibition
Japan's largest beckoning cat convention!
• Hands-on beckoning cat workshops
Make your own one-of-a-kind beckoning cat!
• Fukufuku Lunch
Get a delicious lunch in a popular pottery beckoning cat bento box, available for the last time this year!
• Cat-related products
• Beckoning cat face painting
...and lots more!
OTHER SPOTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA
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- Pottery Shops Along the Seto River (Chuo-dori Shopping District)
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- Seto-Gura Museum
- One thousand years of pottery, stoneware and ceramics history and culture is celebrated at...
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- STUDIO 894
- Seto is one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan and one of the world's few kiln communities ...
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- Maneki-Neko Museum
- The Maneki-Neko Museum boasts Japan's largest collection of <span style="font-style:italic...
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- Novelty Children's Creation Center / Novelty Museum
- The Novelty Children's Creation Center is a facility where you can observe and experience ...
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- Kamagaki no Komichi Street
- The "<span style="font-style:italic;">kamagaki</span>", or "pottery wall" as it is referre...
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- Seto Shinano Rest Stop
- The city of Seto is known far and wide for its Setoware pottery and ceramics industry boas...
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- Aichi Prefecture Forest Park
- Aichi Prefecture Forest Park is divided into a General Park and a paid Botanical Garden. T...
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- Aichi Kaisho Forest Center
- This facility serves as a base for activities to preserve and utilize Kaisho Forest as wel...
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- Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
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Event info
| Date | Sat, Sep 26–Sun, Sep 27, 2026 |
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| Location | Area around Owari Seto Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line, etc. |
| Location | 〒489-0813 1-1 Kurasho-cho, Seto-shi, Aichi (Setogura Museum Note: • The map shows the location of Meitetsu Owari Seto Station. |
| Price | Free of charge (varies by event) |
| Parking | Available, free of charge Seto City Cultural Center Parking Lot: Approx. 10-min. walk from the venue. Notes: • The venue is on the free Setoranze bus's route. • Come by public transportation if possible as traffic congestion is expected. |
| Inquiries | 0561-85-2730 (Seto Marutto Museum and Tourist Association) |
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.
DIRECTIONS
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- By public transportation
- Just a brief walk from Owari Seto Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line (board from Sakaemachi Station in Sakae, in turn reachable from Nagoya Station using the Higashiyama Subway Line bound for Sakae and Fujigaoka).
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- By car
- • Approx. 10 min. northwest from Seto-Akazu Interchange on the Tokai Loop Expressway via Route 33.
• Approx. 15 min. southwest from Seto-Shinano Interchange on the Tokai-Kanjo Expressway via Route 248.
• Approx. 15 min. north from Yakusa Interchange on Sanage Green Road (Route 6) via Route 155 (accessible via Nisshin Junction on the Tomei Expressway via the Nagoya-Seto Expressway).
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