Yanagi Matsuri
Honoring Toyooka's millennium-long history in bag-making.
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-making, residents have gathered yearly at Yanagi no Miya, a shrine built in honor of the God of Bags, since 1935.
Join locals on August 1 and 2 in celebrating Toyooka’s rich bag-making heritage with various events happening around town!
- August 1
・16:00-16:50 Ceremony at Yanagi no Miya Shrine
・16:30-21:30 Market on Caban Street (bag street)
・16:50-17:50 Parade from Yanagi no Miya Shrine to Daikai Street
・18:10-19:00 Children’s dance on Daikai Street
・19:00-20:30 Parade from Daikai Street to Yanagi no Miya Shrine
・20:10-22:00 Adult’s dance on Daikai Street
・Morning-18:30 Bag market at City Hall
- August 2
・16:30-21:30 Market on Caban Street (bag street)
・20:00-20:30 Fireworks over Maruyama River