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Textile Thanksgiving Ichinomiya Tanabata Star Festival

Textile Thanksgiving Ichinomiya Tanabata Star Festival

Date: Jul 24,2025(Thu) ～ Jul 27(Sun)

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A festival wishing for a prosperous textiles industry

The city of Ichinomiya's textiles industry is said to have prospered thanks to the grace of the god of textiles. The Textile Thanksgiving Ichinomiya Tanabata Star Festival is held for four days from the Thursday before the last Sunday of July in relation the period's relation to the Altair constellation and Chinese myth of Zhinü and their ties to textiles. The festival offers much to see, such as the Clothing Dedication Parade, which offers wool fabrics to Masumida Jinja Shrine's auxiliary shrine Hatori Jinja Shrine.

A staple summer festival of Ichinomiya, lavishly offering thanks to the god of textiles

Japan's Tanabata Festival is also known as the Star Festival and Ichinomiya's Tanabata Star Festival is held to show gratitude to Yorozuhata Toyoakitsushi Hime no Mikoto, Hatori Jinja Shrine's god of textiles. It is also a time to pray for prosperity in this area, since textiles are the city of Ichinomiya's leading industry. Hatori Jinja Shrine is located to the east of Masumida Jinja Shrine’s Main Hall, from where Ichinomiya's name (literally meaning "Primary Shrine") originated, and Hatori Jinja Shrine's god of textiles is the mother of the god enshrined in Masumida Jinja Shrine, Ame no Hoakari no Mikoto.
Traditional streamer decorations fluttering in the shopping streets and gorgeous decorations made by the local people are truly incredibly in their brilliance and draw in one million event goers to the festival. During the festival period, Masumida Jinja Shrine acts as the main host to the communal bon dance and hands-on citizen events. Each year, special guests too are called in for talks and live shows, bringing the excitement to new levels.

Event details

Communal bon dance
All sorts of people from every walk of life come together to dance in an enlarged venue area stretching all the way to the Ginza-dori Street traffic circle.
• Dates: Thu, Jul 24–Sun, Jul 27, 2025
• Venue: Bon dance venue, Ginza-dori Street

Tanabata Stage
In line with the 70th holding of the event, a retro Showa-period-style karaoke competition takes place in addition to numerous musicians, dancing, and other artistic group performances.
• Dates: Thu, Jul 24–Sun, Jul 27, 2025
• Venue: Civic Terrace on the third floor of Owari-Ichinomiya Station Ekimae Building (i-Building)

Wassho Ichinomiya Dance
Dance teams with a wide variety of costumes and choreography dance to the original event theme song.
• Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2025
• Course: Ichinomiya City's Hon-machi Shopping District Arcade

Tanabata Dance Contest
Three classes of dance contest (for the elementary school student class, general class, and 100th anniversary of the Showa period class [70th event anniversary])
• Date: Sat, Jul 26, 2025
• Venue: Civic Terrace on the third floor of Owari-Ichinomiya Station Ekimae Building (i-Building)

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	10:00 am–8:30 pm
Place	Ichinomiya Station, Ginza-dori Street, Hon-machi Shopping District, and Masumida Jinja Shrine area
Location	〒491-0043 1-2-1 Masumida, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi (Masumida Jinja Shrine) 〒491-0859 1–3 chome, Hon-machi, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi (Hon-machi Shopping District) 〒491-0858 3-1 Sakae, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi (Owari-Ichinomiya Station) 〒491-0912 1-1 Shinsei, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi (Meitetsu Ichinomiya Station) Notes: • The Access Map shows the location of Masumida Jinja Shrine.
Parking	Temporary, free parking lot: Ichinomiya Municipal Hall (370 spaces)
Restrooms	Available
Phone number	0586-28-9131 (Textile Thanksgiving Ichinomiya Tanabata Star Festival Supporters' Association Office)

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ACCESS

Access by public transport

Get off at Owari-Ichinomiya Station on the JR Tokaido Main Line or Meitetsu Ichinomiya Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line (board from Nagoya Station).