Kariya-City 2025 Kariya Wansaka Festival

Date : 08/15/2025, 08/16/2025

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One of Kariya's biggest summer festivals

The Kariya Wansaka Festival is one of the city of Kariya's largest festivals with 100 thousand people coming in past years. The festival is filled with stage shows, hands-on attractions, a fireworks display, and other fun events offering good times to both children and adults alike.
The 2025 festival takes place over two days with the evening of Friday the 15th holding the Kariya Bon Dance Festival with a free-for-all communal bon dance before the main festival on Saturday the 16th with the stage shows, hands-on events, and more. But you definitely can't miss the spectacle which paints Kariya's sky in vivid colors during the stunning fireworks display. And for this year's 75th anniversary, a drone show adds to the celebration.

Date	: Fri, Aug 15–Sat, Aug 16, 2025
Holding time	: • Fri, Aug 15, 2025: 5:00 pm–9:00 pm • Sat, Aug 16, 2025: 1:00 pm–9:00 pm
Place	: Kariya City Multipurpose Athletic Park
Location	: 〒448-0011 1 Arata, Tsuiji-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi

Date

: Fri, Aug 15–Sat, Aug 16, 2025

Holding time

: • Fri, Aug 15, 2025: 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
• Sat, Aug 16, 2025: 1:00 pm–9:00 pm

Place

: Kariya City Multipurpose Athletic Park

Location

: 〒448-0011
1 Arata, Tsuiji-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi

Parking	: Available Note: • Parking available at Kariya City Multipurpose Athletic Park on Fri, Aug 15. Parking only available around the shuttle bus parking lot on Sat, Aug 16.
Restrooms	: Available
Phone number	: Inquiries regarding the Wansaka Festival • Kariya Wansaka Festival Office: 070-1402-5688 (8:30 am–5:15 pm, weekdays) • Kariya City Tourism Association 0566-23-4100 (8:30 am–5:15 pm, weekdays) Inquiries regarding the Kariya Bon Dance Festival • Kariya City Recreation Association Office 0566-63-6040 (8:30 am–5:15 pm on days other than Wed and national holidays)
Shuttle bus	: Available, free of charge (running from various areas within the city of Kariya on Sat, Aug 16 only.)

Parking

: Available

Note:
• Parking available at Kariya City Multipurpose Athletic Park on Fri, Aug 15. Parking only available around the shuttle bus parking lot on Sat, Aug 16.

Restrooms

: Available

Phone number

: Inquiries regarding the Wansaka Festival
• Kariya Wansaka Festival Office: 070-1402-5688
(8:30 am–5:15 pm, weekdays)
• Kariya City Tourism Association 0566-23-4100
(8:30 am–5:15 pm, weekdays)

Inquiries regarding the Kariya Bon Dance Festival
• Kariya City Recreation Association Office 0566-63-6040
(8:30 am–5:15 pm on days other than Wed and national holidays)

Shuttle bus

: Available, free of charge (running from various areas within the city of Kariya on Sat, Aug 16 only.)

ACCESS

Access by public transport: • 20-min. walk from either Fujimatsu Station (southwest) or Hitotsugi Station (northwest) on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line.

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