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Shimodano Lighting Festival

Shimodano Lighting Festival

Event Overview

Lights light on more than 300 lanterns in Shimodano, Minano-cho. When the lights are lit on the road and the tanbo, it is one picturesque landscape that shines in the mountains. Caricatures and children's paintings are drawn on the lantern. 17 to 20 o'clock (subject to change). The origin of the festival is that in the year of the Tensho era, when peace returned after the end of the battle of the Potted Battle, villagers began to serve with a hundred-eight-lined lantern to comfort the spirits of samurai and peasants at Seifuku-ji Temple. * It may be canceled due to circumstances.

Info

  • Event Location:   
  • Akagi Shrine and others in Shimodano
  • Address:   
  • Shimodano, Minano-cho, Chichibu-gun, Saitama
  • PublicTransportation:   
Chichibu Railway Tōhana Station → 20-minute walk
  • CarAccess:   
19km30 minutes from Kanetsu Road Hanazono IC via National Route 140
  • Phone Number:   
  • 0494-62-1462 (Minanocho Industry and Tourism Division)
  • Parking Number:   
50 units/free. Minano Sports Park parking lot

Event Period

  • Saturday, March 15-Sunday, March 16, 2025
* The festival will be held from 11 o'clock on the 16th (Sun), and Kagura will also be held

Price

Free

Event Category

Festival of fire and lights

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