Narita Gion Festival
Narita Gion Festival
Narita City
This is a temple town festival that has lasted since the Edo period. It is an unusual festival for Japan, combining both Edo festival music and Sawara festival music. Ten Edo-style floats and carts move along together.
Festival
Japan Heritage
- Address
- Narita City 1 Narita
- URL
- Web Site
- Opening Hours
- Takes place over three days, the Friday, Saturday and Sunday that are closest to July 7, 8, and 9.
- Recommended
- The Narita Gion Festival is a summer festival with a history of about 300 years, celebrated by the community around Naritasan together with the Naritasan Gionkai, which involves prayers for a rich harvest, the peace of the nation, and fulfillment of wishes to the Dainichi Nyorai, who is enshrined in the inner shrine, a honjibutsu (original identity) of Fudo Myo-o, the principle deity of Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple.
- Parking
- Hiroekai Tsuchiya parking lot
Hiroekai Tamachi Parking lot
Hongikie Honmachi Parking lot
- Access
- Hiroekai Tsuchiya parking lot
Hiroekai Tamachi Parking lot
Hongikie Honmachi Parking lot
