Festival / culture
2021Festivals that have been decided to be canceled or postponed (September 3, 2021)As of date)
* Festivals not listed may change in a hurry.
| Festival | Scheduled date | Correspondence |
|---|---|---|
| Ao Kashiwa Festival | May 3rd, 4th, 5th | Big mountain exhibition only |
| Tomo flag festival | May 2nd and 3rd | cancel |
| Abare Festival | July 2nd and 3rd | cancel |
| Nanao Gion Festival | July 10 | Cancellation of cruise (only Shinto ritual) |
| Koiji Fire Festival | July 17 | cancel |
| Mawaki Kiriko Festival | July 18th and 18th | cancel |
| Iida Lantern Festival | July 20th and 21st | cancel |
| Matsunami Doll Kiriko Festival | July 24 | cancel |
| Shiozu Kagari Fire Love Festival | July 24 | cancel |
| Doyasa Festival | July 24th and 25th | cancel |
| Notojima Mukita Fire Festival | July 31 | Cancellation of cruise (only Shinto ritual) |
| Minazuki Festival | July 30th and 31st | Shinto ritual only |
| Nafune Festival | July 31st and August 1st | August 1 Shinto ritual only |
| Ishizaki lantern festival | August 7 | Cancellation of cruise (only Shinto ritual) |
| Horyu Tanabata Kiriko Festival | August 7 | cancel |
| Shingu Summer Festival | August 14 | cancel |
| Saikai Festival | August 14 | Shinto ritual only |
| Okinami Big Fishing Festival | August 14th and 15th | Shinto ritual only |
| Myosenji Kiriko Festival | August 15th and 16th | Shinto ritual only |
| Sosogi Festival | August 17 | Shinto ritual only |
| Kuroshima Tenryo Festival | August 17th and 18th | cancel |
| Towing boat festival | August 21 | Shinto ritual only |
| Wajima Grand Festival | August 22-25 | Cancellation of cruise (only Shinto ritual) |
| Niwaka Festival | August 28 | cancel |
| Nakai Kiriko Festival | August 28 | Shinto ritual only |
| Tomiki Hassaku Festival | August 28th and 29th | Shinto ritual only |
| Takojima Kiriko Festival | September 10th and 11th | cancel |
| Teraya Kiriko Festival | September 11th and 12th | cancel |
| Omachi / Kawashima Festival | September 11th and 12th | Cancellation of cruise |
| Shoin Kiriko Festival | September 14th and 15th | cancel |
UNESCO Intangible Cultural HeritageUNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
In Noto, as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, mountains, hooks, stalls, "Ao Kashiwasai Dekayama", Oku Noto no Ae, and Noto's Amamehagi are registered as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
Seihakusai
It is an annual festival held from May 3rd to 5th every year at Otokonushi Shrine in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is one of the four major festivals of Nanao along with the Ishizaki Koda Festival, the Notojima Koda Fire Festival, and the Okumako Festival. This festival is designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of the country and is also registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
* In 2021, only the Dekayama exhibition was held.
That
A Niiname-no-Matsuri festival that has been held for a long time in Suzu City, Wajima City, Noto Town, Hosu District, and Anamizu Town, Hosu District, in the Oku Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture. "Ae no Koto" means "Ae = Festival" of "Ae = Fuku". It was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in 1977 (Showa 52) under the name of "Oku Noto no Ae no Koto", and was registered as a UNESCO World Intangible Heritage in 2009 (Heisei 21).
Noto's Amamehagi
A traditional event (youkai) that has been handed down in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture and Noto Town, Hosu District. It was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in 1979 (Showa 54) under the name Amamehagi of Noto. In Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, where the tradition had been cut off, a preservation society was established in 2005, and the event was revived (Murakami City's designated intangible folk cultural property). On November 29, 2018, "Visiting God Mask" consisting of 10 events in 8 prefectures including "Amamehagi", "Oga Namahage" (Oga City, Akita Prefecture) and "Paantu of Miyakojima" (Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture)・ It was recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO as "Gods of costume".
Kiriko Festival in Noto, Japan HeritageJapanese Heritage
At festivals held in various parts of Noto from summer to autumn, a giant mikoshi called Kiriko is carried by the children and parades along the way.
It is certified as a Japanese heritage site.
Abare Festival
Date and time: Every year7First Friday and Saturday of the month
Forty Kiriko, large and small, parade around the torch and are known for their courage to destroy them the next day until the original shape of the portable shrine disappears.
* It was canceled in 2021.
Ishizaki lantern festival
Date and time: First Saturday of August every year
A heroic festival that seems to be a fisherman's town, where about 100 men carry Kiriko, which weighs 2 tons. At night, 6 groups will perform a random dance competition.
* The cruise was canceled in 2021.
Horyu Tanabata Kiriko Festival
Date and time: First Saturday of August every year
Kiriko, which is about 14m high and is carried by about 100 people, is one of the largest in Noto.
With the fireworks as a signal, we will enter the sea and go around the torches set up offshore.
* It was canceled in 2021.
Saikai Festival
Date and time: August 14th every year
Visitors cheer as the women in yukata, waistcoats, and white apron wear energeticly carry Chirico and parade through the town.
* It was canceled in 2021.
Okinami Big Fishing Festival
Date and time:August 14th (Friday) to 15th (Saturday)
It culminates during the day, which is unusual for the Kiriko Festival in Noto. The bearer carries Kiriko and rampages while soaking in the sea to the chest.
* It was canceled in 2021.
Wajima Grand Festival
Date and time: Every year7First Friday and Saturday of the month
A festival of 4 shrines in the city of Wajima. The highlight is the Shinto ritual, in which a portable shrine carried by a young man with a crimson face dances in the sea.
* 2021 has been cancelled.
Iida Lantern Festival
Date and time: July 20th every year
Iidamachi is located in the center of Suzu City. The Kasuga Shrine's summer festival is a festival in which the gods come out to cool the evening when it is hot and harsh. It is said that it started during the Kanei era of the Edo period.The flower of the festival is three gorgeous and gorgeous "Toroyama". It is a huge Hikiyama float with a height of 16m and a weight of about 5 tons, with a doll of about 6m on the top.
* It was canceled in 2021.
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| ① Abare Festival (Noto Town)※cancel | First Friday and Saturday of July | ⑯ Okinami Big Fishing Festival (Anamizu Town)※cancel | August 14th and 15th |
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| ② Nanao Gion Festival (Nanao City)※cancel | 2nd Saturday of July | ⑰ Myosenji Kiriko Festival (Anamizu Town)※cancel | August 15th and 16th |
| ③ Tsurugiji Hachiman Shrine Grand Festival (Wajima City)※cancel | Saturday and Sunday just before Marine Day in July | ⑱ Sosogi Festival (Wajima City)※cancel | August 17th and 18th |
| ④ Koiji Fire Festival (Noto Town)※cancel | Saturday and Sunday just before Marine Day in July | ⑲ Wajima Grand Festival (Wajima City)※cancel | August 22nd-August 25th |
| ⑤ Iida Lantern Festival (Suzu City)※cancel | July 20th and 21st | ⑳ Niwaka Festival (Noto Town)※cancel | 4th Saturday of August |
| ⑥ Shiozu Kagari Fire Love Festival (Nanao City)※cancel | 4th Saturday of July | ㉑ Tomiki Hassaku Festival (Shika Town)※cancel | Last Sunday in August and the day before |
| ⑦ Notojima Mukita Fire Festival (Nanao City)※cancel | Last Saturday of July | ㉒ Nakai Kiriko Festival (Anamizu Town)※cancel | Last Saturday of August |
| ⑧ Matsunami Doll Kiriko Festival (Noto Town)※cancel | 4th Saturday of July | ㉓ Takojima Kiriko Festival (Suzu City)※cancel | September 10th and 11th |
| ⑨ Doiyasa Festival (Noto Town)※cancel | 4th Saturday and Sunday of July | ㉔ Jike Kiriko Festival (Suzu City)※cancel | 2nd Saturday of September |
| ⑩ Minazuki Festival (Wajima City)※cancel | July 30th and 31st | ㉕ Omachi / Kawashima Festival (Anamizu Town)※cancel | 2nd Saturday of September |
| ⑪ Nafune Festival (Wajima City)※cancel | July 31st and August 1st | ㉖ Shoin Kiriko Festival (Suzu City)※cancel | September 14th and 15th |
| ⑫ Ishizaki Hoto Festival (Nanao City)※cancel | First Saturday of August | ㉗ Maenami Hikiyama Festival (Anamizu Town) | 3rd Saturday and Sunday of September |
| ⑬ Horyu Tanabata Kiriko Festival (Suzu City)※cancel | August 7 | ㉘ Yanagida Grand Festival (Noto Town) | September 16th and 17th |
| ⑭ Shingu Summer Festival (Nanao City)※cancel | August 14 | ㉙ Ogi Sleeve Giriko Festival (Noto Town) | 3rd Saturday and Sunday of September |
| ⑮ Saikai Festival (Shika Town)※cancel | August 14 |
Noto FestivalNoto Festival
Tomo flag festival
May 2nd and 3rd every year
Nine boats with big streamers, five-color windsocks, and big catch flags ring bells and drums, and run around the bay. It is spectacular to proceed in a platoon.
* It was canceled in 2021.
Mt. Sekidō Opening Festival
July 7
It is a lighting event held at Byodoji Temple in Noto Town, also known as Hydrangea Temple. The lanterns and candlelights fantastically project the hydrangea of about 130 species and 4000 stocks that are in full bloom in the precincts.
Hasebe Festival
July 19
A festival in memory of Anamizu Castle owner, Hasebe Nobutsura. A gorgeous period picture scroll is expressed by a samurai procession. At night, drum performances are held on a houseboat and a special stage in Anamizu Bay.
* It was canceled in 2021.
Bear shell festival
September 20th every year
The festival is at its peak with the great technique "Shimada Kuzushi", in which a crimson large frame flag with a height of about 20 m is tilted to the ground and dances.
* It was canceled in 2021.
Kuroshima Tenryo Festival
August 17th and 18th every year
Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine Kuroshima became the heavenly territory of the Edo Shogunate from 1684 (the first year of Jokyo).
The Hikiyama floats that appear at this festival are gorgeous with the samurai dolls and banners of Ieyasu Tokugawa and his vassals.
* It was canceled in 2021.
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