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October 2009
Isehara Tourism Doukan Festival:
October 3 (Sat) to October 4 (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 and the carrying around mikoshi (portable shrines). There will also be a Doukan Oota falconry procession, Masako Houjou Hinata-yakushi Temple pilgrimage procession, an Isehara handmade armor troupe, and more.
For details, contact the Isehara-City Tourist Association
(Tel: 0463-94-4711)
(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)
“Ningyou kuyou” (Doll Memorial Service) :
October 4 (Sun)
Location: Hongaku-ji Temple, Komachi, Kamakura-City
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 which will begin in the afternoon.
For details, contact Hongaku-ji Temple (Tel: 0467-22-0490)
5-minute walk from Kamakura Station on the JR Yokosuka Line
World Festa Yokohama 2009:
October 10 (Sat) to October 11 (Sun)
Location: Yamashita Park, Naka-ward, Yokohama-City
Events include food stalls from around the world, a world fashion show, and world bazaar. An international yakiniku (barbeque) fair will also be held at the same time.
For details, contact the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Tel: 045-671-7423)
5-minute walk from Nihon Odori Station on the Minato Mirai Line
> Yamashita Park
> World Festa Yokohama
http://www.yokohama-cci.or.jp/ (Japanese)
Egaraten-jinja Shrine Efudezuka Festival:
October 11 (Sun)
Location: Egaraten-jinja Shrine, Nikaido, Kamakura-City
This festival features drawings from manga artists. Autographs and drawings are ritually burned, and drawings of kappa (water demons) are displayed within the shrine precincts, along with approximately 100 illustrated paper lanterns.
For details, contact Egaraten-jinja Shrine (Tel: 0467-25-1772)
Take the Daitonomiya-bound bus from Kamakura Station on the JR Yokosuka Line and get off at Tenjin-mae (7 minutes)
Ebina “Irodori” festa voltage8 : October 11 (Sun)
Location: Ebina Chuo Park venue, Ebina SATY venue
The eighth annual “Irodori” festa features thirty-five talented Yosakoi Odori dance groups from within and outside of the prefecture.
For details, contact the Ebina Chamber Of Commerce & Industry (Tel: 046-231-5865)
5-minute walk from the East Exit of Ebina Station on the Odakyu Line or Sotetsu Line
2009 Shonan-Enoshima Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Race:
October 17 (Sat) to October 18 (Sun)
Location: Enoshima, Fujisawa-City and the mouth of the Sakaigawa River at the Katase Coast
Features street performances, music performances, and other events. 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 or Enoshima Station on the Enoden Line
> Sagamigawa River
http://www.fta-shonan.jp/index.html (Japanese)
Ichiya Castle Festival : October 18 (Sun)
Location: Mt. Ishigaki Ichiya Castle Historical Park, Hayakawa, Odawara-City
Events include hojo taiko drum performances, gagaku (traditional Japanese court music), karate, armor-clad dancers, Odawara bayashi music, qigong, and tai chi chuan.
For details, contact the Odawara-City Tourist Association (Tel: 0465-22-5002)
A free shuttle bus runs from Hayakawa Station on the JR Tokaido Line to the venue
> Ishigakiyama Ichiyajo Historical Park
> Ichiyajo Festival
http://www.odawara-kankou.com/ (Japanese)
Suicho Festival: October 18 (Sun)
Location: Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-ji Temple to Wakamiya-Hachimangu Shrine, Kawasaki-Ward, Kawasaki-City
This festival is a reenactment of a fierce historical drinking battle that took place at Daishigawara in 1648 (according to “Suicho-ki,” one of the “kanazoushi” writings from the Edo era.) The participants are divided into two sides, Kawasaki and Edo. They then march in procession wearing costumes from Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-ji Temple to Wakamiya-Hachimangu Shrine while engaging in dialogue battles and reenacting drinking battles using a huge sake cup.
For details, contact Wakamiya-Hachimangu Shrine (Tel: 044-222-3206)
Get off at Kawasaki Daishi Station on the Keikyu Daishi Line