
Tōkasan Yukata Festival | Get Hiroshima
2024年5月9日 · Held every year for three days starting on the first Friday of June, Tōkasan [とうかさん] is the most festive of Hiroshima’s downtown festivals and has a history that goes back 400 years. Signalling the start of summer, locals mark the occasion by giving traditional lightweight summer kimono, called yukata, their first outing of the year.
とうかさん公式ホームページ | 広島はとうかさん大祭で夏がくる
広島市中区三川町にある、「とうかさん圓隆寺」の公式ホームページです。 圓隆寺の祭禮「とうかさん大祭」をはじめ、行事の情報などを掲載しています。 Copyright c 2017 とうかさん, …
Tokasan: The Yukata Festival 2025 - June Events in Hiroshima
2019年6月7日 · Said to have begun over 400 years ago, Tōkasan signals the start of summer. It has come to be known as yukata festival as locals take this early opportunity to give their colorful yukata summer kimono their first airing of the year.
TOUKASAN grand festival | とうかさん公式ホームページ
Thus, Toukasan Festival has been popular among citizens for over 390 years. The object of worship Toukasan is the guardian of Hokke-kyo Buddhism. Touka is one of the two …
Tôkasan festival | Japan Experience - Japan Rail Pass
2014年12月27日 · In Hiroshima, wearing the yukata (light cotton kimono) is an over 400 year old tradition. Each year, to celebrate the return of summer and this outfit, a large festival takes place: the Tôkasan. Seasonal celebrations are very important in Japan. Popular festivals provide entertainment around the country, and Hiroshima is no exception.
Hiroshima Cultural Encyclopedia - Tokasan Festival
summer festival for the god of Toka Daimyojin at Enryuji Temple, Mikawa-cho, Hiroshima City. Since the name Tokasan can be a pun on the "10th day" (toka) in Japanese, it is held annually June 8-10. The festival is also known as the Yukata Festival. Yukata is a kimono of lightweight cotton, like a summer robe.
Tokasan Festival | Search Details | Japan Tourism Agency,Japan …
Tokasan is one of Hiroshima’s three major festivals, and has attracted local residents and visitors alike for more than 400 years. Originally held on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the lunar calendar, the three-day festival now takes place annually from the first Friday of June.
Tokasan Yukata Festival: Hiroshima at Its Most Festive - Travel …
2019年1月18日 · Address: Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima. Website: http://www.toukasan.jp/english.html. Dates: First consecutive Friday, Saturday and Sunday of June. Location: Chuo-dori St and surrounding streets. Fee: Participation free of charge. Contact: Yukata-de-kinsai Festival Executive Committee. Phone: +81-82-245-1448 (Weekday 9:00-17:00)
Toukasan Yukata Festival - Get Hiroshima
Join the 300,000 people who will be donning their yukata for the first time this year who take over Chuo-dori and environs to promenade, play festival games like fish scooping, buy strange inflatable novelties and stuff their faces with equally strange stuff on sticks.
400-year-old Tokasan Festival Celebrates The Arrival Of Summer …
2025年1月28日 · Held every year on the first weekend of June in downtown Hiroshima City, Tokasan Festival signals the beginning of summer. Street food, refreshing drinks, game stalls, traditional music and more, this three-day event encompasses everything that’s to love about matsuri (Japanese festivals).