Owara Kaze no Bon
Medium crowdChubuToyama, Toyama
Date
September 1–3
Region
Chubu
About this festival
Toyama's haunting wind festival in the small hillside town of Yatsuo. Dancers in deep straw hats move silently through cobbled lantern-lit streets to mournful kokyu strings. Considered one of Japan's most beautiful festivals by locals — almost no foreign tourPRists.
Highlights
- ✓Lantern-lit cobbled streets
- ✓Silent, slow dancing with straw hats
- ✓Kokyu (string instrument) live music
- ✓Only 3 nights a year
Getting There
JR Toyama Station + JR Takayama Line to Etchu-Yatsuo Station (~25 min)
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