Taikoh Festival
(Taikoh Matsuri)
3rd Saturday and Sunday of May
Taikoh means Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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| 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
Monthly Info.
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