Kamogawa-shi September Event Information

[Kamogawa District Joint Festival]

This festival is held jointly by seven shrines in the central Kamogawa district.

Seven portable shrines, one carrying float, three floats, and four floats will be set out from each district.

Over the course of two days, excitement will be building from Kamogawa Seaside Base to Kamogawa Station.

This is the largest festival in the Kamogawa area, held every year.

【held】

Saturday, September 7, 2024 13:00-22:00

Sunday, September 8, 2024 12:00-22:00

* Approximately 20 stalls will be set up around Kamogawa Seaside Base

[Main Schedule]

9/7 (Sat)

16:00 3 floats and 4 stalls gather Kamogawa Elementary School (hand-made ceremony)

20:30 6 portable shrines and carrying floats gather at the Kamogawa Seaside Base parking lot 21:00 All portable shrines are raised

September 8th (Sunday)

15:00 Mikoshi, floats and yatai gather at Kamogawa Station East Exit Square and on the road in front of the station

15:20 Yatai and float drumming competition 15:30 Mikoshi raising

Approximately 20 minutes walk from our hotel to Awa Kamogawa Station

 

 

 

 

[Yoshiyasu Hachiman's Yabusame, a prefectural designated cultural property]

Yoshiho Hachiman no Yabusame (Prefecture designated intangible folk cultural property)

The festival of Hachiman Shrine in the Yoshio district is held on the last Sunday of September every year and is a religious ceremony carried out in a traditional manner.

Its original origins are unclear, but according to the shrine's legend, it is said to date back to the mid-Kamakura period.
Participants gallop around the 210-meter riding arena and shoot arrows at three targets, repeating this process three times.

One feature that sets this Yabusame apart from other Yabusame is that the target is farther away. This is because the Yabusame at Yoshiho Hachiman is more of a

This is because the primary purpose of the festival was to pray for a good harvest and to predict the success or failure of agricultural harvests.

Rather than hitting the target, it is believed that a message from heaven (oracle) is brought about depending on whether the arrow hits or misses the target, so even missing the target holds great significance.

Those who perform horseback archery (negi) are required to observe abstinence and purification for one week in order to purify their mind and body.

Location: Naka Kamogawa-shi Chiba

Access: 20 minutes by bus from Awa-Kamogawa Station, get off at "Kippo"

Approximately 20 minutes by car from our hotel

 

 

 

[Lights of the Rice Terraces / Oyama Senmaida]

An illusion of light at night among idyllic rice terraces

At Oyama Senmaida Rice Terraces, the light-up event "Lights of the Rice Terraces," which has become a seasonal feature from autumn to winter, is held.

The beautiful rice terraces are famous throughout the country and have been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Rice Terraces in Japan" and "Connecting Rice Terrace Heritage" by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. After the rice harvest in autumn,

The rice fields may be bare for a time, but that is not the end of it.

The rice terraces, which exude a traditional Japanese atmosphere, transform into a magical sight at night.

LED lights that change colour, from blue to orange to green, frame the rice terraces, creating a spectacle that resembles waves of light.

Please come and see the illuminations that create a fantastic atmosphere in the middle of nature, away from the hustle and bustle.

Event period: October 26, 2020 (Saturday) to January 13, 2020 (Monday, holiday)

Event time: 17:00 to 20:00 (approximately 3 hours after sunset)

Location: Oyama Senmaida, Kamogawa-shi Hiratsuka 540

Contents: Illumination of rice terraces with 10,000 LED lights

Of these, 6,000 have four-color switches: orange → blue → green → purple, changing every 15 minutes.

Participation fee: Free

Organizer: Rice Terrace Night Festival Executive Committee

Visiting is free.

Times may vary slightly.

Please use the parking lot below Oyama Senmaida.

To avoid causing inconvenience to local residents, please park your car in the car park and do not park on the street.

It gets crowded on weekends, so please try to come at a different time. We recommend coming after 7pm.

Please do not park on the street, but always park in the car park.

 

Approximately 25 minutesby car from our hotel