Autumn Takayama Festival Tours & Travel 2024

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Gorgeous! Club Tourism 's Takayama Festival tour and travel special! The 2024 Spring Takayama Festival will be held from Apr. 14th (Sun) to 15th (Mon), and the Autumn Takayama Festival will be held from Oct. 9th (Wed) to 10th (Thu)! We introduce tours to the Takayama Festival, one of Japan's three most beautiful festivals, registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. With a tour conductor, you will be well supported. Searching and applying for tours is also easy.

Tour to the autumn Takayama festival "Hachiman Festival"
What is Takayama Festival?

Tour to the autumn Takayama festival "Hachiman Festival"

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What is Takayama Festival?

Takayama Matsuri is a general term that refers to two festivals, the spring "Sanno Matsuri (held on Apr. 14 and 15)" at Hie Shrine and the autumn "Hachiman Festival (held on Oct. 9 and 10)" at Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine, and is said to have originated in the late 16th and 17th centuries. It is one of the three major beauty festivals in Japan.
You can see wonderful street food art, such as karakuri offerings that show off skillful puppet movements and gimmicked return wheels. Twelve gorgeous food stalls add to the Hida Takayama city.
(Source: Hida Takayama Tourism Official Website Hida-Takayama Tourism Convention Association)

Spring Takayama Festival

Things to note when enjoying the festival

The area around the festival site (especially the area around the Karakuri floats) will be very crowded. Pickpockets have also been reported, so please be careful with your belongings.
It gets cold at night, so please be sure to take precautions against the cold.
It is especially dark during festivals at night, so please be careful not to fall into the drains. Some drains do not have covers.
It may be useful to bring a flashlight or similar.

Spring Takayama Festival "Sanno Festival"
(Held on Apr. 14th and 15th)

The Sanno Festival, which brings the long winter to an end and marks the arrival of spring in Takayama, is the annual festival of Hie Shrine (Sanno-sama), the guardian deity of the southern half of the old Takayama castle town. Every year on Apr. 14th and 15th, the festival takes place in Kamimachi, south of Yasukawa Street, where 12 floats, the treasures of the Sanno Festival float group, appear. Three of the floats perform Karakuri dedications, and the festival also features lively traditional performing arts. If the festival coincides with the blooming of the cherry blossoms, you can see an even more beautiful sight.

Autumn Takayama Festival "Hachiman Festival"
(Held on Oct. 9th and 10th)

The Hachiman Festival, an annual festival at Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine, the guardian deity of the northern half of the old Takayama castle town, allows people to feel the end of autumn in Takayama and give thanks for the autumn harvest.
Every year on Oct. 9th and 10th, 11 floats just for the Hachiman Festival are set up in the downtown area on the north side of Yasukawa Street. You can enjoy traditional festival events such as the floats being pulled around the town and the dedication of Karakuri dolls on Hoteidai.