The 52nd Sakai Festival

The 52nd Sakai Festival

Event Overview

The Sakai Festival, which will be held in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, a town of history and culture, will be the 51st in 2024. From 2022, the traditional "Sakai Festival" has been changed to a "huge participatory street festival" where you can feel more familiar. The company also conducts demonstrations by gun guns from all over Japan, courageous futon drums, stage events, gourmets on the Kbori cruise, and "Rikyu no Furusato Sakai Great Tea Party" where you can enjoy tea baths casually. * The contents may be changed or canceled depending on the situation. Image courtesy Sakai Tourism Convention Association

Info

  • Event Location:   
  • Ohashi-suji, Sakai City Hall Front Citizen Exchange Plaza, Sakai Rishon no Mori, Nanshu-ji, etc.
  • Address:   
  • Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka
  • Public Transportation:   
Nankai Sakai East Station → 5 minutes on foot; or Nankai Main Line Sakai Station → 5 minutes on foot
  • Phone Number:   
  • 072-233-5258 (Sakai Tourism Convention Association)

Event Period

  • October 18, 2025 (Saturday) - October 19, 2025 (Sunday)

Price

Free

Event Category

Procession and Parade


A Celebration by the Iron Gun Corps
Sakai Tourism Convention Association, Public Interest Incorporated

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