Eiheiji Floating Lantern Festival
Why don't you float lanterns in Eiheiji-cho to express your gratitude, memorial services, and various wishes and thoughts?
Eiheiji-cho Daitoronagashi" is a summer event that marks the end of summer in Eiheiji-cho.
Lanterns from all over the country are gathered to express gratitude and offerings to ancestors, as well as various wishes and thoughts.
During the daytime, there will be a bazaar, a good food market, a kids' plaza, and other events for parents and children to enjoy together.
In the evening, about 100 Yakuryo and Unninshu priests from Eiheiji, the head temple of the Buddhist sect, will come to perform the Daseki Buddhist memorial service, in which they will read out all the names of the commandments and Buddhist names written on the memorial lanterns.
Afterwards, the lanterns are floated down the Kuzuryu River as a memorial service for the ancestors and their wishes.
The sight of the lanterns flowing down the river is registered as one of the 100 best night views in Japan, and the band of light that forms along the river is a fantastic sight.
Those who come on the day of the festival are able to float the lanterns themselves and can be seen joining hands with the lanterns as they flow down the river.
For those who cannot come on the day of the event, advance registration for the lanterns is available, and we will carefully write the sails on the lanterns and float them down the river.
If you wish to pre-order, please place your order from the "Products" page of the Eiheiji-cho Daitoronagashi website.
This is a big event that attracts about 10,000 lanterns from all over Japan every year.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the event.
- Area
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
- Preferences
- Accessible by public transportation Night event
Information
- Event Period
- Saturday, August 23, 2025
- Experience Contents
- 15：00~Bazaar, good food market
15:30~Kids' Square, Stage Event
18:40~Daiseshoku Memorial Service, Daitoronagashi, Fireworks - Venue
- Kuzuryu River and Eiheiji River Park (Taniguchi, Eiheiji Town)
- Registration Period
- Reception on the day of the event
Memorial Lanterns 15:00-18:00
Wishing Lanterns 15:00-19:30
Advance registration
1. Post office transfer: by August 16th.
(*Please contact the secretariat if you wish to make the transfer after the deadline.)
2. By counter payment: By August 19
(Applications are accepted at the Eiheiji Town Hall Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division, Eiheiji Branch Office, and Kamishibi Branch Office.) - Notes
- Please refer to the Eiheiji-cho Daitoronnagashi website for more information about the event in case of inclement weather.
- Telephone Number
- 0776-61-3921（Eiheiji-cho Daitouronnagashi Executive Committee Secretariat (in Eiheiji-cho Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division)
） - Email Adress
- e.toronagashi@gmail.com
- Address
- 福井県永平寺町谷口
- Prices
- Plank seats 2,500 yen
Memorial Lanterns 2,000 yen
Wishing Lanterns 1,500 yen
Children's lanterns 800 yen
Advance orders are now being accepted! You can order from the website of "Toronagashi".
Also available on the day of the event. - Payment Methods
- Cash
*Post office transfer is available for advance registration. - Getting There
- From Hokuriku Expressway Fukui-Kita JCT to Chubu Jukan Expressway Eiheiji IC, approx. 3 min.
Public Transportation】 15 min. walk from Eiheiji-guchi Station on the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line after getting off at Fukui Station.
Public transportation: 15 min. walk from Eiheiji-guchi Station on the Echizen Railway's Katsuyama Eiheiji Line. - Car Park
- Yes
- Car Park: Available Spots
- 1,165 units
- Parking Space for Large Buses
- Parking Lot 1 Please park on the riverbed on the west side of the venue.
- Car Park Details
- Parking Lot No. 1: 1-minute walk from the riverbed on the west side of the venue (500 spaces)
Parking Lot No. 2: Shibi Elementary School ground (200 cars), 3-minute walk
Other nearby parking lots: Midori-no-Mura Ground, Sogo Green Center
