Gamagori-City 39th Erika Cup Yacht Race

Date : 05/17/2025, 05/18/2025

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Swift seacraft sailing across the waves

This yacht race is one of Japan's largest and began as a commemoration of when the Erika, a handmade yacht sailing around the world approximately 60 thousand kilometers and 26 countries, returned back to Japan at Gamagori Port. Get swept up in the excitement of this exhilarating race!

Yacht race spectator boat

• Date and time: 9:00 am–11:30 am; Sun, May 18, 2025
• Location: Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat (south of Takeshima Aquarium)
• Capacity: 350 people (raffle drawing should capacity be filled)
• Fee: Free of charge

OP Yacht Children's Experience Boat

• Date and time: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm; Sat, May 17, 2025
• Boat launch: Laguna Ten Bosch Festival Market Water Stage and nearby ocean
• Capacity: 30 people (raffle drawing should capacity be filled)
• Fee: Free of charge

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	: Sun, May 18, 2025 • Yacht Race Spectator Boat: Sun, May 18, 2025 • OP Yacht Children's Experience Boat: Sat, May 17, 2025
Holding time	: • Yacht Race Spectator Boat: 9:00 am–11:30 am • OP Yacht Children's Experience Boat: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
Place	: Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat and Laguna Ten Bosch Festival Market Note: • The Access Map shows the location of the Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat.
Location	: 〒443-0033 937 Matsubara-cho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi (Gamagori Sightseeing Steamboat) 〒443-0014 2-2 Kaiyo-cho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi (Laguna Ten Bosch Festival Market)

Phone number	: 0533-66-1120 (Tourism, Commerce, and Industry Section; Gamagori City Hall) 052-971-5835 (JSAF Tokai Ocean Sailing Club)
Course	: Mikawa Bay and Gamagori Offing Note: • The course takes place around Mikawa Oshima Island and Takeshima Island. Tourists and residents can watch from land with boats reapproaching land around 11:00 am. Times may vary due to weather and other such factors.

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

LINK

Gamagori City event page (Japanese)

ACCESS

Access by public transport

From Nagoya Station, take the JR Tokaido Main Line bound for Toyohashi and get off either at Gamagori Station or Mikawa-Otsuka Station. Take the Meitetsu Bus bound for Laguna Gamagori that passes by both stations.
Access by car

Approx. 20 min. south from Otowa Gamagori Interchange on the Tomei Expressway, via Routes 73, 473, 247, and 23.

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