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Akiba Festival

Date: Sep 21,2025(Sun)

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The city of Chiryu's pinnacle autumn festival

Chiryu experienced a number of tragic fires during the Edo period, but one year, a single household which had been worshipping an amulet from Akiba Jinja Shrine is said to have been spared even as the fire spread all around it. The shrine was ceremonially transferred as a division of the original Akiba Jinja Shrine in what is now Shizuoka Prefecture in 1745.

What to watch for

The Akiba Festival is held annually on Sunday, mid-September. Groups of young men from six towns parade around the streets carrying wooden tamabako chests on their shoulders and singing. In the evening, they enter Chiryu Jinja Shrine and make an offering of Tezutsu handheld cannon fireworks in a courageous act. They hold the cannons with both hands from which sparks and fire soar over seven meters into the air, creating a wondrous spectacle.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	Handheld fireworks from 7:00 pm
Place	Chiryu Jinja Shrine and surrounding six towns (Hon Town, Nishi Town, Takara Town, Yama Town, Yamayashiki Town, and Naka-Shin Town)
Location	〒472-0023 12 Jinden, Nishi-machi, Chiryu-shi, Aichi
Parking	Limited spaces available. Please come by public transportation.
Phone number	• 0566-81-0055 (Chiryu Jinja Station) • 0566-83-1111 (Chiryu City Tourism Association)

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