Yamagata Pref. Festival & Event
Sakata City Area
| Sakata Hiyoriyama Park Cherry Blossom Festival |
Sakata City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | About 400 cherry trees, including Somei-Yoshino cherry trees, are in full bloom, and at night the area is lit up with paper lanterns. Within the park, you'll find Japan's oldest wooden hexagonal lighthouse, a compass stone, and a half-scale replica of a Sengoku-bune ship that was once used in the area, giving it the feel of a port town. |
| Date | Early April |
| Further Note on Date | Depends on the blooming status of cherry blossoms |
| Time Slot Held | Day to Night |
| Access from Port | By bus and taxi |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata North Port 7 min. / 5km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Sakata City Area
| Sakata Festival | Sakata City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | “SANNO MATSURI”, annual festival of both Kami and Shimo Hie-Shrines has been continued from 1609 constantly. It has been held as “Sakata Festival” since 1979 when it was regarded as re-construction year from the massive fire of Sakata. |
| Date | May 19 th - 21 st |
| Further Note on Date | Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | Day time and Night |
| Access from Port | By bus and taxi |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 10 min. / 5km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | No |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Sakata City Area
| Sakata fireworks show | Sakata City / Fire Works |
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| Event Contents | Dynamic firework show utlizing big space at the mouth of Mogamigawa River as the biggest screen. There are full of fireworks such as water-starmine, aero-starmine,set piece of firework called as Niagara water fall with the length of 2km and others. |
| Date | First Saturday of August |
| Further Note on Date | Week in month and Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | Night Time |
| Access from Port | By bus and taxi |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 15 min. / 8km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Sakata City Area
| Sakata Halloween Festival | Sakata City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | There will be a costume parade, On-stage events and Sakata Music Festival. |
| Date | Weekends in mid-October |
| Further Note on Date | Week in month of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | Day time |
| Access from Port | By bus and taxi |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 10 min. / 6km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Sakata City Area
| Sakata Summer Festival | Sakata City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | Many people dance and parade with the back of Sakata Jinku (a form of Japanese lively songs) in the center of city commercial street. It is held on the day before Sakata Firework Show. |
| Date | Early August |
| Further Note on Date | Week in month and Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | Day time, Night Time |
| Access from Port | By bus and taxi |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 10 min. / 6km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | Accessible |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tsuruoka City Area
| Akagawa River fireworks display | Tsuruoka City / Fire Works |
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| Event Contents | This is selected as Japan 50 Fireworks and regarded as one of their best 5. Selected pyrotechnicians from All Japan Design Firework Competition make about 12,000 big and beautiful fireworks in the night sky. |
| Date | Mid August |
| Further Note on Date | Week in month and Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | Night Time |
| Access from Port | By bus and taxi |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 40 min. / 35km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tsuruoka City Area
| Tsuruoka Tenjin Festival | Tsuruoka City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | This is the festival of Tsuruoka Tenmangu being honored Sugawara no Michizane who is regarded as the god of learning, and this is commonly called as “Monster Festival”. It is said that the dream comes true, if people can visit shrine being monster in form during 3 years without being noticed by anyone. |
| Date | May 25 th |
| Further Note on Date | Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | Day time |
| Access from Port | By bus and taxi |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 40 min. / 38km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | Accessible |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Tendo Cherry Blossom Festival human being shogi | Tendo City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | On Maizuru mountain with about 2,000 cherry trees blooming to the stage, warriors and laydy’s maids who dressed in armor and kimono, becomes a piece of Japanese chess and walk on shogi board according to the move of professional shogi players. Please enjoy magnificient old picture scrol. |
| Date | Mid-April |
| Further Note on Date | - |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 115 min. / 120km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Yonezawa Uesugi Festival | Yonezawa City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | Many big events are carried out such as Opening Parade, Butei Ceremony (Old samurai ceremony praying the victory before the battle), Parade by armored warriors and Battle of Kawanakajima Battle of Kawanakajima in the last day is must-see event which crashes 700 soldiers from Uesugi and Takeda troops and many audiences cheer the impressive performance by matchlock guns |
| Date | April 29 th - May 3 rd |
| Further Note on Date | Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 160 min. / 173km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Rose festival | Murayama City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | A park with 750 species, 20,000 roots of roses are blooming being proud of its scale in Japan. Many events are carried out in every weekends during the festival period and whippy ice-cream made of rose is popular. |
| Date | Every June and mid to late September |
| Further Note on Date | - |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 110 min. / 98km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Yamagata Hanagasa Festival | Yamagata City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | This is said to be as 4 big Tohoku festivals and summer night festival being famouse as Flower Hat Dance Approxima電話番号y 13,000 total number of dancers parade in every 3 days from 18時0分 to around 21時30分 |
| Date | August 5 th - 7 th |
| Further Note on Date | Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 115 min. / 127km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Yamagata Fireworks Display | Yamagata City / Fire Works |
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| Event Contents | This is the largest festival in the prefecture, held at Kajo Park in the center of Yamagata City. A total of about 20,000 fireworks, from small to large, will light up the summer night sky. |
| Date | August 5-7 th |
| Further Note on Date | Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 110 min. / 123km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Murayama Tokunai Matsuri | Murayama City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | Brave and gorgeous dance with uptempo festival background music by vairous groups taking advantage of their specialties. |
| Date | Mid-August |
| Further Note on Date | - |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 105 min. / 96km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Sinjo Festival | Shinjo City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | Parade by festival floats with gorgeous decoration and competing their beauties, traditional carrying parade of potable shirnes, artistic Kanoko Dancing (wearing clothes like deer) and others are performed. City is enfolded by the sounds of festival music during brave and gorgeous 3 days. |
| Date | August 24 th - 26 th |
| Further Note on Date | Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 75 min. / 63km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Yachi Donga Festival | Kawakita City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | Grand festival of Yachi Hachimangu having its tradition around 400 years. Music accompanying traditional Japanese Court Dance performed on stone tables has been handed down around 1,100 years by Hayashi Family served as head priest of Hachimangu. This is one of Japanese 4 most famouse Court Dances. |
| Date | Every year on Saturday, Sunday and Monday including Respect for the Aged Day. |
| Further Note on Date | Week in month and Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 110 min. / 111km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Best Japan Imoni Festival | Yamagata City / Others |
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| Event Contents | Annual large scale Imoni Party (soup with various type of vegitables including taro) to be held at the river bed of Mamigasakigawa River of Yamagata city. Japanese No.1 Imoni Party using 6m dia. Hotpot. |
| Date | Every September, the day before Respect for the Aged Day. |
| Further Note on Date | Week in month and Day of the week fixed |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 110 min. / 124km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |
Tendo City and Yamagata City AreaTendo City and Yamagata City Area
| Sagae Festival | Sagae City / Festival |
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| Event Contents | Portable shrines are gathered with participants shouting “Soy-Ya, Soy-Ya”energetically at the station square of Sagae |
| Date | Mid September |
| Further Note on Date | - |
| Time Slot Held | - |
| Access from Port | - |
| Distance and Time from Port | from Sakata port 105 min. / 109km |
| Event Scale | - |
| Walk-in Participation | - |
| Multilingual Support | - |
| Links | Click Here |
| Location Map | Click Here |