Beg. April : Kinugasa Cherry Blossom Festival
Sketching contest, entertainment show, Minyo-odori event (folksongs that people sing and dance to) & more.
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Kinugasa-Yama Park at Yokosuka City
20 min. walk from Kinugasa Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line and by bus to Kinugasa-koen bus stop from Yokosuka-Chuo Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line.
> Yokohama Minato Mirai Manyo Club
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Kinugasa-Yama Park at Yokosuka City
20 min. walk from Kinugasa Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line and by bus to Kinugasa-koen bus stop from Yokosuka-Chuo Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line.
> Yokohama Minato Mirai Manyo Club
Beg. April : Atsugi-Iiyama Cherry Blossom Festival
Shiroyama forest park is noted for its cherry blossoms. <Place>
Shiroyama-Shinrin-Koen (Shiroyama Forest Park) at Iiyama Atsugi City
By bus to Iiyama-kannon-mae bus stop from Atsugi Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
> Lake Tsukuiko Shiroyama Park
April 5 (Sun) : Kanamara Festival
This festival began in the Edo period with maidservants of the Kawasaki Inn praying for prosperous business and prevention of syphilis. Today it is celebrated to wish for children, relationships, prosperity of grandchildren and prevention of AIDS and is popular among visitors from overseas.
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Wakamiya Hachimangu Kanayama Shrine (2-13-16 Daishi-ekimae, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City)
Take the Keikyu Daishi Line from Kawasaki Sta. and get off at Kawasaki-Daishi Sta. 3-min. walk.
> Kanamara Festival : April 5 (Sun)
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Wakamiya Hachimangu Kanayama Shrine (2-13-16 Daishi-ekimae, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City)
Take the Keikyu Daishi Line from Kawasaki Sta. and get off at Kawasaki-Daishi Sta. 3-min. walk.
> Kanamara Festival : April 5 (Sun)
April 2nd Sun ~ 3rd Sun : Kamakura Festival
This is a memorial festival for Minamoto-no-Yoritomo who established a bakufu (shogunate) government at Kamakura.<Place>
All over Kamakura City
Kamakura Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line.
> Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine
> Kamakura Festival : April 12 (Sun) to April 19 (Sun)
Mid. April : Noge Street Performance Festival
An enthusiastic festival crowded with street performers indoor and out. <Place>
Mimato-Mirai 21 area and Noge area at Naka Ward Yokohama City
10 min. walk from Sakuragicho Sta. & Hinode Sta. on the Keikyu Line.
> Yokohama Landmark Tower and Queen's Square Yokohama
> Yokohama Minato Mirai Manyo Club
> Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse and Red Brick Park
> Yokohama Street Performance : April 18 (Sat) to April 19 (Sun)
Mid. April Sat. & Sun : Ooka Echizensai Festival
This is a memorial festival for Great Justice Ooka-echizen-no-kami-Tadamori.
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All over Chigasaki City
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All over Chigasaki City
April 15 : Hinatayakushi Temple Spring Festival
This temple is dedicated to Yakushi (Buddha) that one of the three-major Yakushi in Japan. <Place>
Hinata-Yakusi Temple at Isehara City
25 min. by bus to Terminal from North Gate of Isehara Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
Apil 3rd Sat. & Sun : Hadano Tanzawa Festival
This festival is held at the opening of Tanzawa range as a climbers' event, victim's memorial service & more.
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Shibusawa area at Hadano City
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Shibusawa area at Hadano City
April 22 : Sannomiya Hibita-jinja Shrine Auual Spring Festival
People carry Kabuki-actor doll floats, and snake through the streets.
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San-no-miya Hibita Shrine at Isehara City
20 min. By bus to Hibita-Jinjya bus stop from North Gate of Isehara Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
> Sannomiya Hibita-jinja Shrine Spring Festival : April 22 (Tues)
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San-no-miya Hibita Shrine at Isehara City
20 min. By bus to Hibita-Jinjya bus stop from North Gate of Isehara Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
> Sannomiya Hibita-jinja Shrine Spring Festival : April 22 (Tues)
April 29 : Gosho Hachimangu Shrine Annual Spring Festival
Old-style floats and portable shrines which are carried around the town.
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Gosyo-no-miya Shrine at Nakai Town
By bus to Gosyo-no-miya bus stop from South Gate of Ninomiya Sta. on the JR Tokaido Line.
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Gosyo-no-miya Shrine at Nakai Town
By bus to Gosyo-no-miya bus stop from South Gate of Ninomiya Sta. on the JR Tokaido Line.
April 29 : Tsurumaki Spa Spring Festival
Children's parade, portable shrines, open-air market & more. <Place>
Around Tsurumaki Sta. at Hadano City
April 29~May 5 : Carp Streamers Koinobori Sagami River
Five wires are stretched across the Sagami River, which runs through the middle of Kanagawa, and roughly 1,200 carp streamers are hoisted up to blow in the wind.
Carp streamers have long been a tradition in Japan to pray for children to grow up healthy and strong.
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Upstream from the Takada Bridge on the Sagami River (Suigotana, Sagamihara City)
Take the bus bound for Suigotana from Fuchinobe or Sagamihara Sta. on the JR Yokohama Line to the last stop (30 min. ride).
> Sagamigawa River
> Flying Carp Streamers at the Sagami-gawa River : April 29 (holiday) to May 5 (holiday)
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Upstream from the Takada Bridge on the Sagami River (Suigotana, Sagamihara City)
Take the bus bound for Suigotana from Fuchinobe or Sagamihara Sta. on the JR Yokohama Line to the last stop (30 min. ride).
> Sagamigawa River
> Flying Carp Streamers at the Sagami-gawa River : April 29 (holiday) to May 5 (holiday)