Events Near Kinosaki
Note: Only main events ocurring in Kinosaki Onsen and Toyooka City are posted on this page. Please check our Instagram highlights @visitkinosaki for all events.
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Hidaka Summer Festival
Gather around the food stalls in front of Ebara Station for local eats and fireworks! Schedule: ・Food stalls: from 17:00・Fireworks: 20:00 ……
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Takeno Beach Fireworks Festival
The 52nd annual Takeno fireworks show will be held on July 30 from 20:00~20:50 on Takeno Beach! Come down to one of Japan's best beaches for the ultimate summertime fireworks d……
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Yanagi Matsuri
Toyooka City's annual summer festival, the Yanagi Matsuri, is back for 2024! As an honorary celebration commemmorating the town's history in willow-crafting and subsequently bag-m……
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Tanto Sunflower Festival + Corn Picking
Tanto's annual Sunflower Festival at Tanto Flower Park is just in time for summer! The Tanto Sunflower Festival, held every summer in the Tanto Flower Park since 2001, welcomes……
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Tanto Rice Field Art
The annual rice field art installments in Tanto are back for summer 2024! Since 2007, the farming village of Tanto southeast of Kinosaki Onsen has welcomed visitors every summe……
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Izushi Bon Odori
Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that is often performed at summer festivals to honor ancestors who have passed away.
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Izushi Atago Fire Festival
Every year people gather at Ifukube Shrine to celebrate and wish for good health. The main event starts with small flames being carried down from the top of a nearby mountain by ……
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Izushi Monthly Market
The monthly Irodori Market welcomes local vendors to sell their wares to passersby on the retro streets of Izushi.
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Takeno Umi Machi Market
With warm weather comes Takeno's monthly seaside market! Shop local at various food and gift stalls while taking in the fresh ocean breeze. ……
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Toyooka Theater Festival
Madama Butterfly, scheduled to be performed at the Kinosaki International Arts Center © Philip Frowein Held yearly in September. As a small city with a profound focus on the……
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Izushi Fall Danjiri Festival
The annual Izushi Fall Danjiri Festival! In Japan, Danjiri Festivals are also known as “fighting shrine festivals” in which staged battles between elaborately decorated wooden ……
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Autumn Foliage at Ankokuji Temple
Ankokuji Temple, the Zen Buddhist temple famed for its vibrant autumn foliage in the farming village of Tanto, will be welcoming visitors to admire the fall leaves in November. ……
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Izushi Castle Festival
On the 3rd of November every year, the Castle Festival is held to symbolize the castle town of Izushi. The highlight of the festival is the Daimyo Gyoretsu, a procession of people……
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Tanto Tulip Festival
The annual Tulip Festival in Tanto, a farming village southeast of Kinosaki Onsen, is going to be held this year in April! Event Location: Tanto Flower Park, 1234 Tantocho……
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Kitamae Festival
Kitamae ships were trading vessels active from the1600s to the 1800s, setting sail from Hokkaido and transporting goods to ports around Japan. Takeno was one of the trading stops ……
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Izushi Soba-Eating Competition
The annual soba-eating competition in Izushi! What is Izushi Soba? Izushi soba noodles are the local gourmet dish, made of buckwheat and traditionally served on five small w……
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Izushi First Day of the Horse Festival
A procession of shrine maidens dressed as white foxes descending from Arikoyama Inari Shrine The 400-year-old custom of welcoming the arrival of spring in Izushi Castle Town, the F……
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Izushi Shin Soba Festival
Join us for the annual soba buckwheat noodle festival! Tis the season for harvesting buckwheat. Waste no time getting a taste of the freshest soba noodles just in time for a……