Why You Should Visit
A harvest thanksgiving festival held every third Saturday of October at Takemikumari Shrine in Chihayaakasaka, at the foot of Mt. Kongo. The mikoshi carrying the deity travels about 1 km downhill to the otabisho called Hie-no-mae, where close to 20 danjiri floats from parishes in Chihayaakasaka, Tondabayashi and Kanan gather around it — a lineup said to be the finest in the Kawachi region. After the rite, youth groups perform Kawachi niwaka, improvised comic sketches, on the float stages. The floats are pulled through the villages from Friday evening to Sunday; Saturday is the day to see them all in one place.
Essentials
- location
- Takemikumari Shrine and its otabisho (Hie-no-mae)
- period
- October 17, 2026 (Sat)
- Time
- 10:30 purification rite / 11:00 mikoshi departs / from 11:30 danjiri floats enter the otabisho
- cost
- Free (open to spectators)
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- From Kintetsu Tondabayashi Station (Nagano Line), about 18 min on the Kongo Furusato Bus Chihaya Line to Moriya, then a 10-min walk. By car, about 30 min from Mihara-Kita IC (Hanwa Expressway) via Route 309; no shrine parking.
- NOTE
Danjiri entry
- 19 parishes take part: 5 in Chihayaakasaka (Suibun, Moriya, Kiriyama, Kawanobe, Nigarabe), 8 in Kanan, 3 in Tondabayashi, and others
- Floats enter in "upstream order", from the top of the river to the bottom
- Floats are pulled through the villages from Friday evening to Sunday; the shrine entry is on Saturday only
Otabisho
- About 1 km below the shrine, known locally as Hie-no-mae
- The main site where the floats gather and niwaka sketches are performed
Same day
- The autumn festivals of Migukurumitama Shrine (Tondabayashi) and Ichisuka Shrine (Kanan) are held the same day
*Arrival times differ by parish. See the shrine's festival page for details.
*Roads around the venue get crowded. No street parking.
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