亮点

  • Hauntingly elegant dance by lantern light
  • Rare kokyu (bowed string) accompaniment
  • Atmospheric old townscape of Yatsuo

由来与背景

Held for around 300 years as a prayer to calm the autumn typhoon winds and protect the rice harvest, it is among Japan's most poetic and refined folk festivals.

Good to know for visitors

Getting there
From Etchu-Yatsuo Station (JR Takayama Line); shuttle buses run from Toyama Station　Open directions in Google Maps ↗
Booking & entry
Free to attend — details on the official page (button above).
Language
Mostly in Japanese — a translation app on your phone helps.
Good for
culture seekers, date night, solo-goers

温馨提示

Dancing peaks late into the night — stay over, as the last performances are the most magical.

交通

Yatsuo old town, Toyama — Yatsuomachi, Toyama, Toyama 939-2342

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