The Kawagoe Festival began with the presence of the Kawagoe feudal lord, Matsudaira Nobunori, who donated his festival tools to Hikawa Shrine, and has been passed on, taking on the transformations of Edo's "Sanno Matsuri" and "Kanda Matsuri" style. Now that the Honke Tokyo festival has been changed from a floaty to a kamikoshi, it is a floaty event in memory of the former Edo Tenka Festival. In 2005, it was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of the country as a "floaty event of the Kawagoe Hikawa Festival", and in 2016 it was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Site as one of 33 nationwide "Yamahoku/Stall events". * It is recommended to use public transportation as it is crowded.

A ritual of entering the Ujiko against the Ujigami held at Furutani Hachiman Shrine. A "horo" is a piece made of 36 bamboo eggs with flowers made of light peach-colored paper, which are inserted into a back-carrying basket and decorated. The child carrying the horo is called holojicco. The child carries it on his back and moves on with a unique step while shaking Yusayusa. Image courtesy of Kawagoe City Board of Education

It is based on a lantern festival that began in the Edo period and is now held as a citizen's festival. On the 27th (Sat) and 28th (Sun), ''OH! The dance of Tachanse KAWAGOE" is held, and on the 28th (Sunday) there will be a gun gun gun gun demonstration, etc. Up to the Ichiban shopping street, emotional looks can be seen in the background of the streets of the storehouse making. Because there is no parking lot to use public transport. * There is a case of reduction or cancellation due to severe weather, etc.