Location: Hongaku-ji Temple, Komachi, Kamakura-City
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October 2008
“Ningyou kuyou” (Doll Memorial Service) : October 5 (Sun)
After sutra chanting, a service will be held where dolls sent from various places throughout Japan are ritually burned within the temple precincts. Includes a Buddhist memorial service and ritual doll burning.
For details, contact Hongaku-ji Temple (Tel: 0467-22-0490)
Approximately 5-minute walk from Kamakura Station on the JR Yokosuka Line
Isehara Tourism Doukan Festival :
October 4 (Sat) to October 5 (Sun)
Location: Isehara Station area pedestrian mall and other locations, Isehara-City
A festival in memory of Doukan Oota, who had close ties with Isehara. Events include a festival hayashi (orchestra) parade, wind instrument performances, kindergarten drum and fife parade, Isehara Sore parade, and carrying around mikoshi (portable shrines). There will also be a Doukan Oota falconry procession, Masako Houjou Hinata-yakushi Temple pilgrimage procession, armor troupe, children’s procession, dance festival, and Isehara Odori Odarao Night dancing.
For details, contact the Isehara-City Tourist Association (Tel: 0463-94-4711)
Get off at Isehara Station on the Odakyu Line
> Isehara Tourist Dokan Festival
http://www.isehara-kanko.com/top.html (Japanese)
World Festa Yokohama 2008 : October 11 (Sat) to October 12 (Sun)
Location: Yamashita Park, Naka-ward, Yokohama-City
This year’s theme is “A trip around the world: eat and enjoy!” and includes the 2008 special event “World Donburi Festival,” featuring a number of shops selling delicious donburi (rice bowls topped with a variety of ingredients) from countries around the world. Other booths selling the specialty food and beverages of various countries will also be set up in sea-breeze filled Yamashita Park.
For details, contact the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Tel: 045-671-7423)
5-minute walk from Nihon Odori Station or Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Minato Mirai Line, or 15-minute walk from the South Exit of Kannai Station or from Ishikawa-cho Station on the JR Negishi Line
> Yamashita Park
> World Festa Yokohama
http://www.yokohama-cci.or.jp/ (Japanese)
Sagami Nebuta Carnival : October 12 (Sun)
Location: Liberty-dori Street from Iworld to City Hall and from JR Sagamihara Station to Sagami Yume-odori Street, Sagamihara-City
The Nebuta Carnival features small and large scale nebuta floats, a light and sound parade, food stalls, etc.
For details, contact Executive Committee Office (Asahi Advertising Agency) (Tel: 042-750-2455)
7-minute walk from Sagamihara Station on the JR Yokohama Line
Ebina “Irodori” festa voltage7 : October 12 (Sun)
Location: Ebina Chuo Park venue, Asuka Tenpyo-dori Street venue, Sakura Namiki Shopping Street venue, Ebina-City
Approximately 30 talented Yosakoi Odori dance groups from within and without the prefecture gather in Ebina, enlivening the area with their dance. Woodwind instrument and taiko drum events will also be held.
For details, contact the Ebina Chamber Of Commerce & Industry (Tel: 046-231-5865)
The Ebina Chuo Park venue and Asuka Tenpyo-dori Street are 5-minute walk from the East Exit of Ebina Station on the Odakyu Line, Sotetsu Line, or JR Shonan Line. The Sakura Namiki Shopping Street venue is 5-minute walk from the South Exit of Sagamino Station on the Sotetsu Line.
Yokosuka Mikoshi Parade : October 19 (Sun)
Location: From Chuo-odori Street to Clement Blvd. at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokosuka-City
A parade of approximately 70 mikoshi (portable shrines) and sansha (floats) will be held. The parade will start at Chuo-odori Street and head for Clement Street inside the Navy Base. Within the Base, American food stands, a food court, movie theater, and other facilities will be available.
For details, contact Sukanavi i (Tel: 046-822-8301)
Get off at Yokosuka-Chuo Station or Shioiri Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line
Ichiya Castle Festival : October 19 (Sun)
Location: Mt. Ishigaki Ichiya Castle Historical Park, Hayakawa, Odawara-City
Events include hojo taiko drum performances, gagaku (traditional Japanese court music), magic, karate, kachidoki (victory songs), armor-clad dancers, Odawara bayashi music, qigong, tai chi chuan, and Odawara essa hoi odori dance.
For details, contact the Odawara-City Tourist Association (Tel: 0465-22-5002)
40-50 minute walk from Hayakawa Station on the JR Tokaido Line
> Ishigakiyama Ichiyajo Historical Park
> Ichiyajo Festival
http://www.odawara-kankou.com/ (Japanese)
2008 Shonan-Enoshima Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Race : October 25 (Sat) to October 26 (Sun)
Location: Enoshima, Fujisawa-City and the mouth of the Sakaigawa River at the Katase Coast
Features street performances, street performance contests, street performance lessons, music performances, and shinshuu soba sampling (at Matsumotokan and Matsumoto Hiroba). Dragon boat races related to the legend of the heavenly maiden and the five-headed dragon will also be held.
For details, contact the Fujisawa-City Tourist Association (Tel: 0466-22-4141)
Get off at Katase-Enoshima Station on the Odakyu Line, Enoshima Station on the Enoden Line, or Shonan-Enoshima Station on the Shonan Monorail
> Sagamigawa River
http://www.fta-shonan.jp/index.html (Japanese)