Inuyama Festival
A UNESCO intangible heritage festival where 13 three-story floats roll beneath the cherry blossoms; at night they glow with 365 lanterns.
- Area
- Nagoya · Inuyama
- When
- First Saturday and Sunday of April
- Location
- Haritsuna Shrine & castle town
More places nearby
Inuyama Castle
A national treasure with one of Japan's oldest surviving castle keeps, looking down over the Kiso River.
Inuyama castle town
The old merchant streets below the castle, great for snacking on dango and rice crackers as you stroll.
Museum Meiji-mura
An open-air museum of more than 60 relocated Meiji-era buildings, including the old Imperial Hotel entrance.
Inuyama Honmachi street
The old street below Inuyama Castle, lined with skewered snacks and chopstick and craft shops.
Nagoya Festival
The 'Three Great Unifiers' parade, with Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, marches through the city.
Spring Takayama Festival
Counted among Japan's three most beautiful festivals, with ornate floats and karakuri puppet shows.
Autumn Takayama Festival
Sakurayama Hachimangu's autumn festival; at night, lantern-lit floats circle the old town.
Shirakawa-go light-up
A winter event that lights up the snow-covered gassho-zukuri houses for a fairy-tale scene.