Taikoh Festival
(Taikoh Matsuri)

3rd Saturday and Sunday of May

Taikoh means Toyotomi Hideyoshi



Saturday
event time place
Kenchasai(offering of tea) 10:00 - main shrine of Toyokuni jinja
Shimai-do (Shintoh-Ittoh-ryuu school) 14:00 - Nakamura bunka Sho-gekijyo
Taikyokuken 15:30 - Nakamura bunka Sho-gekijyo
Zenjitsu-sai (ceremony of the festival eve) 16:00 - main shrine of Toyokuni jinja
Min'yo (Japanese Folk Song) Meeting 18:00 - Nakamura bunka Sho-gekijyo


Sunday
event time place
Honsai (main ceremony) 10:00 - main shrine of Toyokuni Jinja
Taikoh Shusse-daiko (drumming performance) 10:00 - Nakamura bunka Sho-gekijyo
Tsugaru-jamisen (shamisen or Japanese banjo performance) 11:30 - Nakamura bunka Sho-gekijyo
Parade of Nagoya Firemen Brass Band 13:00 - Oo-torii shita - Nakamura-koen
Hoh-Taikoh Zukin-gyoretsu (procession of aged men) 13:00 - Keirin-jo -> Nakamura-koen
Shutse chigo gyoretsu ( procession of children) 13:00 - Keirin-jo -> Nakamura-koen
Kagura, Mikoshi, Procession 13:30 - each school area - Nakamura-koen
Chilren's mikoshi, shishi 13:30 - each school area - Nakamura-koen
Awa-odori 14:50 - Oo-torii-shita - Nakamura-koen
Electone (YAMAHA's electronic organ) performance 15:30 - Nakamura bunka Sho-gekijyo
boh-no-te ( a kind of farmer's martial arts) 16:00 - open stage


Access
Nakamura-koen
Get off at Nakamura-koen on the subway Higashiyama Line
take exit 3

Nakamura Bunka Sho-geijo is in the Nakamura-koen Park

Toyokuni Jinja (shrine)
TEL: 052-411-0003

Nakamura-shohgekijo (theater)
TEL: 052-411-4565

Map of Nakamura-koen



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