Takaoka Manba Festival "All 20 volumes of Man'yōshū no Kai"

Takaoka Manba Festival "All 20 volumes of Man'yōshū no Kai"

Event Overview

Takaoka City is working on "Manba no Furusato-zukuri", as Ōmochi Iemochi took office as a national guard and sang numerous excellent songs in the beautiful nature and left them in Man'yōshū. Its representative event is the "Takaoka Manba Festival". It brings together the culture and entertainment that has been inherited and cultivated in a long history, and many people from both within and outside the prefecture participate. In 2024, reciting on the Takaoka Kojo Park special water stage during the day and the applied reciting video at night will be aired on the Takaoka Cable Network and the Takaoka Manba Festival video distribution site, and all 4516 of the "Manyōshū" will be sung in a relay manner. Image courtesy of Takaoka

Info

  • Event Location:   
  • Takaoka Kojo Park
  • Address:   
  • 1-9 Kojo, Takaoka, Toyama
  • Public Transportation:   
JR Takaoka Station → 15 minutes on foot; or Ainokaze and Toyama Railway Takaoka Station → 15 minutes on foot
  • Car Access:   
6km 15 minutes from Nogoshi Road Takaoka IC via National Route 8
  • Phone Number:   
  • 0766-20-1301 (Takaoka Tourism Exchange Division)
  • Parking Number:   
148 units/free

Event Period

  • October 3, 2025 (Friday) - October 5, 2025 (Sunday)

Price

Free

Event Category

Traditional performing arts and dances


The scene of the recitation event for all 20 volumes of the Man'yōshū.

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