Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine Festival
Date: May 10,2026(Sun)
Festivities and floats come together
The Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine Festival is known as one of the city of Okazaki's top three major festivals. Rituals such as the portable shrine procession and entry to Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine's premises by gigantic parade floats remain much the same as they were during the middle of the Edo period. The festival meets its climax when the eight floats are lit up at once with paper lanterns before making their way toward the shrine with large lanterns on poles leading the way as they pass through all the different towns.
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Holding time | 8:00 am: Portable shrine procession 12:00 pm: Main Festival 1:00 pm: Float parade 1:30 pm: Young women's dance 3:00 pm: Shrine entertainment 7:20 pm: Floats' departure toward shrine 9:30 pm: Main Festival end Note: • Subject to change due to weather, etc. |
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| Place | Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine area and surrounding towns |
| Location | 〒444-0063 42-1 Motonomi-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi |
| Phone number | 0564-22-6706 (Nomi Shimmeigu Shrine) |
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ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- • 12-min. (1-km) walk southeast from Kita-Okazaki Station on the Aichi Loop Line (board from Kozoji, Setoshi, Yakusa, Shin-Toyota, Naka-Okazaki, or Okazaki Stations).
• From Higashi Okazaki Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line (board the train bound for Chiryu and Toyohashi Stations from Meitetsu Nagoya Station), take the Meitetsu Bus bound for Okutono Jinya Bus Stop via Daijuji Temple. Get off at Shimmeisha-mae Bus Stop and walk 2 min. southwest.
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- Access by car
- • Approx. 10 min. (3.7 km) northwest from Okazaki Interchange on the Tomei Expressway via Routes 1 and 39.
• Approx. 27 min. (12.8 km) southeast from Toyota-Minami Interchange on the Isewangan Expressway via Routes 56, 26, and 39.
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