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Shimizu Lantern Festival (Religious rites only)

Shimizu Lantern Festival (Religious rites only)

Date: Jun 30,2024(Sun)

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Shinto religious rituals only held for 2024

A free-for-all to claim your own lantern

The Shimizu Lantern Festival is held at the town of Shitara's Tsushima Jinja Shrine, which worships the great Shinto god Susano'o no Mikoto, and is modeled on the same festival held at the head Tsushima Jinja Shrine. Numerous Chinese-style lanterns donated to the shrine are lit up as a religious dedication to the deity, and a parade float adorned with some 150 lanterns is pulled out to visit Tsushima Jinja Shrine before a scramble by eventgoers to grab a lantern for themselves.
The lanterns and willow branches are thrown out to the crowd, which frantically battles to claim one for themselves. The prize is taken home and put up over the home's entrance as it is said to ward off summer ailments.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Holding time	6:00 pm–9:00 pm
Place	Shimizu/Tsushima Jinja Shrine
Location	〒441-2431 29 Matsushita, Nishi-Nagura, Shitara-cho, Kita-Shitara-gun, Aichi
Fee	Free of charge
Parking	Available, free of charge (50 spaces) Note: • Use the Aguri Station Nagura Rest Stop parking lot.
Phone number	0536-62-1000 (Shitara Town Tourism Association)

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LINK

Shitara Town Tourism Association event page (Japanese)

ACCESS

Access by car

• Approx. 1 hr. (40 km) east from Chikaraishi Interchange on Sanage Green Road (access via Nagoya-Seto Expressway from Nisshin Junction on the Tomei Expressway or from Nagakute City via Route 6) via Routes 153 and 257.
• Approx. 1 hr. (40 km) north from Shinshiro Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway via Routes 151 and 257.