Ogawa Wakamiya Shrine Festival

Ogawa Wakamiya Shrine Festival

Event Overview

An annual festival that is transmitted to the island district. The distinctive lion kyogen "kuzunoba no mai" depicts the farewell between mother and child, and is very rare even in the prefecture, where a female figure wearing a lion's head is holding a brush and writing a grudge poem on a doorboard (planned). Image courtesy: Agematsu Town Tourism Association

Info

  • Event Location:   
  • Ogawa Wakamiya Shrine and the whole island district
  • Address:   
  • Island of Agematsu-cho, Kiso-gun, Nagano
  • Public Transportation:   
JR Agematsu Station → 3 minutes by car. or 30 minutes on foot
  • Car Access:   
From Chuo Expressway Ina IC, 37km50 minutes via National Route 361/19
  • Phone Number:   
  • 0264-52-1133 (Agematsu Town Tourism Association)

Event Period

  • April 24, 2026 (Friday) - April 26, 2026 (Sunday)

Price

Free

Event Category

Traditional performing arts and dances


Dance of the kuzha
Agematsu Town Tourism Association

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