Owaki Lion Ladder Festival
Date: Oct 12,2025(Sun)
A lion dance atop a narrow 12-meter-high stage
The city of Toyoake has a deep-rooted harvest festival with nearly 400 years of history: the Owaki Lion Ladder Festival.
This festival is an unusual one with two young men dressed up in an imaginary Chinese lion costume and ascending their way to a 12-meter-high stage made of a few bamboo poles where they perform an amazingly coordinated dance. Plus, the death-defying act of standing atop a single 9-meter vertical pole of bamboo is just one more cherry on top to make your palms sweat even more.
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Holding time | • First performance: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm • Second performance: 3:30 pm–8:00 pm Note: • Changes to the times above or postponement to the next week may occur according to weather or other factors. |
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| Place | Owaki Shimmeisha Shrine |
| Location | 〒470-1161 5 Owaki, Sakae-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi |
| Parking | Available, free of charge Note: • Use public transportation when possible as there are limited parking spaces. |
| Restrooms | Available |
| Phone number | 0562-97-2014 (Chairman of the Owaki Lion Ladder Festival Preservation Society) |
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ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- • 20-min. walk from either Zengo Station (south), or Toyoake Station (west), both on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line (board from Meitetsu Nagoya Station).
• 7-min. taxi ride (about 1.5 km from either station above).
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