Latest Events in Toyama(August Updated)

Etchu Owara (Etchu Owara) has been performed for over 300 years in this village nestled among the mountains southwest of Toyama City. It is both song and dance, lyrical, delicate, elegantly mournful. Thousands of paper lanterns line the old-fashioned townscape of lattice doors, while men and women in happi coats and yukatas dance through the hillside village to the accompaniment of samisen, kokyus (traditional Japanese stringed instruments) and taiko drums. You will be enchanted by the calm, dreamy atmosphere. Street performances are held in each area.

The Toyama Kita Nippon Shimbun Summer Fireworks Festival is the most spectacular light show in Toyama Prefecture, held at the lower reaches of the Arisawa Bridge of the Jinzu River near the city center. Many families and couples come here to visit. A large circle of brilliant light appears in the sky, including colorful star mines and a series of huge fireworks. The Summer Fireworks Festival, held every August 1, began two years after the Great Toyama Air Raid (August 1-2, 1945) with the purpose of praying for the victims and praying for reconstruction and peace.

It has been 210 days since the beginning of spring, and in the early autumn breeze, people hold the Owara Bon Festival. The Owara Bon Festival is a traditional event with a history of about 300 years, dating back to the Genroku period. It is held from September 1st to 3rd every year, and many tourists from ancient and modern times come to participate. As night falls, the mountains are dyed red, and lanterns in every household begin to light up, and the Owara Wind Bon Festival officially kicks off. Dancers dressed in yukata or happi, wearing straw hats, with beautiful faces, dance gracefully and delicately. They sing and dance, and the parade runs around, fully displaying the traditions and characteristics of their respective towns. Behind the town parade, people join the parade, immersed in the melancholy melody and the atmosphere of Owara.