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Festival · Toyama · Chubu

All Japan Chindon Contest

Japan's only national competition for chindon, a street performance art from the 19th century that promoted shop openings with music and costumes.

Toyama · 3–5 Apr 2027

Area & Points of Interest · Toyama · Chubu

Manga Road

This Himi shopping arcade brings manga characters to life through sensor-triggered statues that respond to visitors with humorous remarks.

Himi

Festival · Toyama · Chubu

Marumage Festival

An annual festival in Himi centers on Senju-ji Temple, where unmarried women pray for happiness using a traditional married woman's hairstyle in ritual.

Himi · 17 Apr 2027

Museum · Toyama · Chubu

Tsuzawa Andon Museum

Tsuzawa Andon Museum displays lantern floats in a permanent exhibition and regularly hosts lantern painting activities for visitor participation.

Oyabe

Takaoka Toyama

Festival

All Japan Chindon Contest

Japan's only national competition for chindon, a street performance art from the 19th century that promoted shop openings with music and costumes.

3–5 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyama

Festival

Marumage Festival

An annual festival in Himi centers on Senju-ji Temple, where unmarried women pray for happiness using a traditional married woman's hairstyle in ritual.

17 Apr 2027Himi · Toyama

Illumination

Zuiryuji Temple "Spring Light-up"

Colored lights and music illuminate this National Treasure temple in spring, accompanied by a market featuring local goods and specialties.

22 Apr – 5 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTakaoka · Toyama

Festival

Takaoka Mikuruma-yama Festival

A traditional spring festival in Takaoka features ornate wheeled floats originating from a 16th-century court carriage.

1 May 2027Takaoka · Toyama

Festival

Yatsuo Hikiyama Festival

A traditional spring festival features six ornately decorated floats assembled without nails, pulled through streets with classical hikiyama music.

3 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyama

Festival

Iwase Hikiyama Festival (The Fighting Floats Festival)

Annual spring festival featuring ornate floats with elaborate wooden tatemon decorations pulled through streets with traditional music.

17–18 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyama

Festival

Sanno Festival

Centered at Hie Shrine, this major Toyama festival originated in the Edo period and features a two-day mikoshi procession through the city's parishes.

31 May – 2 Jun 2027Toyama

Festival

Tsuzawa Yotaka Andon Festival

A lantern festival in Toyama Prefecture where 7-meter-high floats decorated with warrior illustrations collide in ritualized clashes to taiko drumming.

5–6 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOyabe · Toyama

Festival

Tonami Yotaka Festival

A harvest festival in which red lanterns over 6 metres tall collide in a ritual called tsukiawase, accompanied by taiko drums.

12–13 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTonami · Toyama

Festival

Takaoka Tanabata Festival

A festival celebrating the legend of star-crossed lovers transforms the city with colorful bamboo displays, streamers, and a traditional parade.

1–8 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTakaoka · Toyama

Festival

Jantokoi Uozu Festival

Uozu's biggest summer event, the Jantokoi Uozu Festival brings UNESCO-listed Tatemon floats, folk dance, seaside fireworks, and jazz.

7–9 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetUozu · Toyama

Festival

Owara Kaze no Bon (Harvest Wind Festival)

A harvest festival in Yatsuo: lantern-lit dancers in matching happi coats move through the streets to shamisen and kokyu music over three September days.

1–3 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyama

Quick poll

Event Venue

Performing Arts Theater Johanza

A performing arts venue designed to preserve traditional culture while fostering modern performances, featuring a 400-seat stage.

Nanto · Toyama

Shrine

Suwa Shrine

Suwa Shrine sits on a hillside overlooking Toyama Bay, enshrining three deities revered by maritime workers for protection and prosperity in fishing.

Uozu · Toyama

Temple

Monmyo-ji Temple

True Pure Land temple in Yatsuo, founded in 1290 atop Maeyama, keeping centuries of Nembutsu practice and Amida Buddha worship in the Honganji tradition.

Toyama

Area & Points of Interest

Yatsuo-machi

Former town in Toyama, part of Toyama city since 2005, known for its steep terrain, old architecture and rice terraces ranked among Japan's top 100.

Toyama

Shrine

Hakusan Shrine Sayado

Hall built in 1760 in Gokayama, Toyama, to shelter a shrine from 1502, the oldest surviving wooden building in Toyama and an Important Cultural Property.

Nanto · Toyama

Historic Site

Ainokura Gassho-style Village

A village in the UNESCO-listed Gokayama region with 20 traditional gassho-style houses, some over 400 years old, with steep thatched roofs built to shed snow.

Nanto · Toyama

Temple

Zuiryuji Temple

A 17th-century Soto-school Buddhist temple in Takaoka houses several buildings designated as national treasures and important cultural properties.

Takaoka · Toyama

Temple

The Great Buddha of Takaoka

This bronze statue, one of three famous Great Buddhas in Japan, showcases the casting techniques of Takaoka's celebrated bronze ware industry.

Takaoka · Toyama

Area & Points of Interest

Otayamachi

Otayamachi is a bustling shopping district in Takaoka that serves as a popular venue for the city's festivals and events.

Takaoka · Toyama

Event Venue

Toyama Grand Plaza

Toyama Grand Plaza is an all-weather open-air atrium that serves as a versatile event venue with shopping and rental space.

Toyama

Area & Points of Interest

Manga Road

This Himi shopping arcade brings manga characters to life through sensor-triggered statues that respond to visitors with humorous remarks.

Himi · Toyama

Area & Points of Interest

Yamamachi

Yamamachi preserves traditional merchant buildings and streetscapes from its history, designated a National Important Traditional Building Group in 2000.

Takaoka · Toyama

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