Takeo's Ara Dance (Nakano's Ara Dance, Utoite's Ara Dance, Takase's Ara Dance)

The cherry blossoms are gregarious in the area around the pond which extends near the entrance gate and on the left side of the "Azalea Valley" under the cliffs of Mount Mifune. The light-up is based on the fantastic symmetry created by the water mirror of the flower and the pond, and the contrast with the cherry blossom garden that spreads at the base against the background of the rock surface of Mt. Cherry blossoms such as Yamazakura, Yoshino Yoshino, Oshima zakura and Yaezakura, 200,000 azaleas such as Mitsuba, Kurume and Hirado (Yodogawa), an estimated 170-year-old Oto near Hagino Ochaya, and a relay of flowers from early spring to early summer will be held.

At the evening festival on the first day, about 100 men in the form of a squeeze will perform the evening mikoshi. At the second day, the children procession, stage events, and the mikoshi made by each group will walk through the city.

Specialities from all parts of the city gather in one temple, "Takeo's Festival of Physical Products". It will sell local produce and products, as well as specialty products from Friendship City, as well as special sales of Saga beef and Wakasugi pork. In addition, the All Japan Oshikura Manju Championship FINAL, which will be the last event in 2024, and the Takeo City Traditional Entertainment Festival will also be held at the same time.