Nagoya Castle Summer Festival
Date: Aug 9,2025(Sat) ～ Aug 17(Sun)
Nagoya Castle's summer highlight
Nagoya Castle Summer Festival is back with plenty of summer events like a giant communal bon dance, stage events, and more. Ice cold drinks; fluffy, refreshing shaved ice; and other tantalizing treats too offer a break from the heat. Cool off the fun way at Nagoya Castle!
Great bon dance
A grand communal Owari/Nagoya-style bon dance is held for a crazy nine days full of history, style, and originality! Crowd around the unique center stage made entirely of Japanese cypress as you dance together with countless others. Plus, Friday, August 15 is Grampus Day, celebrating Nagoya's soccer team.
• Dates and time: 6:00 pm–8:00 pm; Sat, Aug 9–Sun, Aug 17, 2025
• Location: Nishi-no-Maru area
Shachi Cafeteria
Cool off in the hot summer heat with fluffy shaved ice, chilled beer, go-to festival foods and local specialties, plus other eats at food and drink booths.
• Dates and time: 4:00 pm–8:30 pm; Sat, Aug 9–Sun, Aug 17, 2025
• Location: Nishi-no-Maru area and Ni-no-Maru area
Shachi Plaza
Enjoy all sorts of play for any age from kids to adults. You can even scoop up goldfish from Yatomi City, famous for its thriving goldfish industry.
• Dates and time: 4:00 pm–8:30 pm; Sat, Aug 9–Sun, Aug 17, 2025
• Location: Nishi-no-Maru area
Special opening of important cultural property Southwest Corner Watchtower
Of the three corner watchtowers remaining from the Edo period, the Southwest Corner Watchtower is open to the public for a limited time. Don't miss this special opportunity to take a walk through the past.
• Dates and time: 9:00 am–4:15 pm (admission until 4:00 pm); Sat, Aug 9–Sun, Aug 17, 2025
• Location: Southwest Corner Watchtower
Matchlock rifle demonstration
Owari Tatsuke-style gunnery passed down to the former Owari Province, which once acted as home to the Nagoya area, comes back through a real-life demonstration. You'll be taken aback by the sheer power these antique rifles rear.
• Dates and time: From 6:00 pm; Sun, Aug 17, 2025
• Location: Nishi-no-Maru Area
Other events too are available during the event period, so don't be a stranger to Nagoya Castle this summer!
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Date | Nagoya Castle hours: 9:00 am–8:30 pm (gates close at 9:00 pm) Notes: • Admission to Hommaru Palace, Southwest Corner Watchtower, and Nishinomaru Okura Museum available until 4:00 pm. • Admission to Main Tower Keep currently unavailable. |
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| Place | Nagoya Castle |
| Location | 〒460-0031 1-1 Hommaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi |
| Fee | • Adults: JPY 500 • Guests wearing traditional Japanese garments (yukata summer kimono, etc.): JPY 400 • Senior citizens residing in Nagoya (with Senior Citizens' Handbook): JPY 100 • Guests with Certificate of Disability: Free (Including up to two caregivers) • Junior high school student ages and younger: Free |
| Parking | • Main Gate Parking Lot (308 standard-size spaces. JPY 180/30 min. Available 8:45 am–9:30 pm.) •Ni-no-Maru East Parking Lot (123 standard-size spaces. JPY 180/30 min. Available 8:30 am–10:30 pm.) |
| Restrooms | Available |
| Phone number | 052-231-1700 (Nagoya Castle Administrative Office) |
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ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- 5-min. walk west from Exit 7 of Shiyakusho Station on the Meijo Subway Line (board the clockwise train from Sakae Station, in turn reachable from Nagoya Station using the Higashiyama Subway Line bound for Sakae and Fujigaoka).
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- Access by car
- • Approx. 8 min. southwest from Kurokawa Exit on the Nagoya Expressway R1 Kusunoki Route.
• Approx. 5 min. north from Marunouchi Exit on the Nagoya Expressway Ring Route.
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