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Tahara Festival

Date: Sep 12,2025(Fri)、Sep 13(Sat)、Sep 14(Sun)

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Beautiful parade floats and mechanized puppets since the Edo period

The Tahara Festival is known far and wide for its ornate festival floats with mechanized puppets atop, and is said to have started during the Edo period.
Three floats and their mechanized karakuri puppets go on parade together with elegantly decorated portable shrines, while at night, children on the floats perform dances with elaborate hand movements for the crowd.

Schedule

Fri, Sep 12, 2025:
• 4:00 pm–9:00 pm Portable shrine, nighttime parade floats, and musical street accompaniment (in Shin Town)

Sat, Sep 13, 2025:
• 10:10 am–1:00 pm Daytime parade floats (mechanized karakuri puppet floats)
• 3:30 pm–10:00 pm Nighttime parade floats and musical street accompaniment
• 8:00 pm–9:00 pm Nighttime parade float gathering

Sun, Sep 14, 2025:
• 10:10 am–2:10 pm Daytime parade floats (mechanized karakuri puppet floats)
• 2:20 pm–5:40 pm Large cannon portable shrine parade (handheld Tezutsu cannon fireworks, Roman candles, and large cannon fireworks)
• 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Large Tezutsu cannon fireworks (at Hananoki Plaza)

Planned events:

• Portable shrine parade
• Large cannon portable shrine parade
• Tezutsu cannon fireworks at Hananoki Plaza
• Religious ceremonies and fireworks displays (Tezutsu cannon fireworks) at various shrines
• Neighborhood associations' portable shrine and daytime/nighttime parade float displays and short performances at various shrines

EVENT OVERVIEW

Place	Around downtown Tahara City
Location	〒441-3421 17 Hieda, Tahara-cho, Tahara-shi, Aichi (Tahara Festival Hall)
Phone number	0531-23-3516 (Atsumihantou Visitors Bureau) Note: • Contact the Tahara Festival Hall at 0531-22-7337 on the day of the event.

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LINK

Tahara City event page (Japanese)

ACCESS

Access by public transport

10-min. walk north from Mikawatahara Station on the Toyotetsu Atsumi Line (board from Shintoyohashi Station, adjacent to Toyohashi Station, which in turn is reachable from Meitetsu or JR Nagoya Station using either Meitetsu Nagoya Line or JR Tokaido Main Line).
Access by car

Approx. 30 kilometers from Otowa Gamagori Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.