Toyoake-City Owaki Lion Ladder Festival

Date : 10/13/2024

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A lion dance atop a narrow 12-meter-high stage

The city of Toyoake has a deep-rooted harvest festival with nearly 400 years of history: the Owaki Lion Ladder Festival.
This festival is an unusual one with two young men dressed up in an imaginary Chinese lion costume and ascending their way to a 12-meter-high stage made of a few bamboo poles where they perform an amazingly coordinated dance. Plus, the death-defying act of standing atop a single 9-meter vertical pole of bamboo is just one more cherry on top to make your palms sweat even more.

Date	: Sun, Oct 13, 2024
Holding time	: • First performance: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm • Second performance: 3:30 pm–8:00 pm Notes: • Changes to the times above or postponement to the next day may occur according to weather or other factors.
Place	: Owaki Shimmeisha Shrine
Location	: 〒470-1161 5 Owaki, Sakae-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi

Date

: Sun, Oct 13, 2024

Holding time

: • First performance: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
• Second performance: 3:30 pm–8:00 pm

Notes:
• Changes to the times above or postponement to the next day may occur according to weather or other factors.

Place

: Owaki Shimmeisha Shrine

Location

: 〒470-1161
5 Owaki, Sakae-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi

Parking	: Available, free of charge Notes: • Use public transportation when possible as there are limited parking spaces.
Restrooms	: Available
Phone number	: 0562-97-2014 (Chairman of the Owaki Lion Ladder Festival Preservation Society)

Parking

: Available, free of charge

Notes:
• Use public transportation when possible as there are limited parking spaces.

Restrooms

: Available

Phone number

: 0562-97-2014 (Chairman of the Owaki Lion Ladder Festival Preservation Society)

ACCESS

Access by public transport: • 20-min. walk from either Zengo Station (south), or Toyoake Station (west), both on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line (board from Meitetsu Nagoya Station).
• 7-min. taxi ride (about 1.5 km from either station above).

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