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The festival events begin with a dance offering performed by geisha. Three floats then parade through the Awara Onsen hot spring town: a giant doll float, a float decorated with cherry blossoms, and a float with a large drum being beaten. Geisha ri…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

Katsuyama's Toshi-no-Ichi Market is held every year on the last Sunday of January along Honmachi Street in Katsuyama City.From early morning, Katsuyama's specialty products—woodcrafts, folk crafts, and more—line the street, fill…

• Eiheiji, Okuetsu

Held annually from late June to early August, this long-running event draws crowds eager to catch a glimpse of the lotus flowers blooming throughout Hanahasu Park. The period is packed with lotus-themed events.*Please note that the dates below…

• Tannan

The Lily Festival season is here once again!Enjoy approximately 150,000 blooming lilies, plus diverse events planned every weekend!At the flower shop, we sell lily bulbs, seedlings, and potted plants, and we'll be holding a potted arrangement w…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

The Wakasa Ohi Super Fireworks Festival is a large fire festival held at the beginning of August, at Uminpia Ohi. Some 60 young adults from the community join together along the shore to spin huge burning torches 20 meters tall, that each weigh abo…

• Wakasa

What is Hinamatsuri?The Japanese Doll Festival, or Girls' Day, is held on March 3 every year. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in trad…

• Tannan

*Please note that the details below refer to the 2025 edition of the event. The event is held regularly; details on the next edition to come soon.The OBOROCK TSURUGA MUSIC FESTIVAL will be held again this year in the Kanegasaki area of the port cit…

• Wakasa

A star-themed festival is held every August in the beautiful starlit village of Natasho.*Please note that the details below refer to the 2024 edition of the event. The festival is held every year; details on the next edition soon to come.Now in its…

• Wakasa

The Castle Festival is an annual event held on May 2nd and 3rd at Obama Shrine, on the grounds of the Obama Castle Site, which enshrines Lord Tadakatsu Sakai, the feudal lord of Wakasa Province.The festival features a grand drum performance, b…

• Wakasa

The Man'yo Festival is held every year in early May in the Ajimano district of Echizen City, which is associated with the Man'yoshu anthology (万葉集, literally "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves"), the oldest extant collection of…

• Tannan

Let's walk through WakasaDiscover the nature and history woven by waters of five shades of blueThe town of Wakasa is located in southern Fukui Prefecture,close to Shiga and Kyoto, and has long supported the food culture of the old capital.Here,…

• Wakasa