Festivals in Nagoya
many festival held city nagoya central japan festival matsuri take place throughout year apart main national festival holiday celebrated across entire country nagoya unique festival major event include atsuta festival atsuta shrine june port festival nagoya port july nagoya castle summer festival august nagoya festival hisaya ōdori park october various smaller festival exist different ward area city local festival coming age day 成人の日 seijin hi japanese holiday held annually second monday january held order congratulate encourage reached age majority— year old 二十歳 hatachi—over past year help realize become adult festivity include coming age ceremony 成人式 seijinshiki held local hall nagoya city hall aichi prefectural government office well afterparties amongst family friend hinamatsuri 雛祭り doll festival girl day held march platform covered red carpet used display set ornamental doll 雛人形 hinaningyō representing emperor empress attendant musician traditional court dress heian period doll maker nagoya continue one outstanding one japan hōnen matsuri 豊年祭 harvest festival fertility festival celebrated every year march tagata shrine komaki north nagoya hōnen mean prosperous year japanese implying rich harvest matsuri festival hōnen festival ceremony celebrate blessing bountiful harvest manner prosperity fertility festival main feature shinto priest playing musical instrument parade ceremonially garbed participant allyoucandrink sake wine kg lb meter long wooden phallus hanami 花見 lit flower viewing traditional custom enjoying beauty flower flower case almost always meaning cherry blossom ume blossom sakura season nagoya tends march april hanami mostly consists outdoor party beneath sakura daytime night place meijō park nagoya agricultural center nagoya castle nagoya walkathon international charity festival foreignorganized charity event started held every may event sponsored american chamber commerce japan accj nagoya international school ni main purpose join international community japanese friend company raising money local orphanage charity atsuta festival held june atsuta shrine biggest festival festival held shrine one calendar auspicious event shrine main sanctuary religious rite performed high priest within greater compound portable shrine mikoshi carried martial art contest conducted performance street entertainer held evening vendor paper lantern wagon line street firework set sky tanabata 七夕 evening seventh star festival originating chinese qixi festival celebrates meeting orihime vega hikoboshi altair according legend milky way river star cross sky separating lover allowed meet year seventh day seventh lunar month lunisolar calendar celebration held night marine day nagoya port festival held nagoya port around marine day 海の日 umi hi known ocean day sea day celebrated third monday july many people take advantage holiday summer weather travel beach highlight annual festival raftsmens water logging contest since edo period port distribution centre log cut mountain floated raftsman hori river port attraction include massive street dance performer marching band large amount firework nagoya basho sumo tournament annual midjuly sumo wrestling tournament held everyday second fourth sunday aichi prefectural gymnasium ninomaru enceinte nagoya castle nagoya castle summer festival held early august nagoya castle festival start sunset temperature become cooler bearable visitor vendor line street watch bon festival dance listen live music watch noh play watch bonfire lit chrysanthemum day september celebration chrysanthemum japan national flower tradition started ce imperial court held first chrysanthemum show various flower show held popular historical scene depicted clay doll dressed robe made chrysanthemum petal nagoya matsuri 名古屋祭 nagoya festival held midoctober central hisaya ōdori park sakae highlight festival procession three hero nagoya oda nobunaga toyotomi hideyoshi tokugawa ieyasu character come along soldier clad armour carrying weapon banner parade normally people stretching km length accompanied band ōsu daidōchōnin matsuri 大須大道町人祭 ōsu street performer festival held every year october fashionable neighbourhood ōsu shichigosan 七五三 lit sevenfivethree traditional rite passage festival day three sevenyearold girl three fiveyearold boy held annually november shichigosan national holiday practice generally observed nearest weekend child brought local shrine blessing ōmisoka 大晦日 new year eve secondmost important day japanese calendar—it final day old year eve new year day important day year considered important time local put great emphasis shaking old evil ushering new around pm ōmisoka people often gather home one last time old year bowl toshikoshi soba 年越しそば toshikoshiudon 年越しうどん together—a tradition based people association eating long noodle “crossing one year next” meaning toshikoshi festival tokyo medium related festival nagoya wikimedia common