Festivals

Listing of the top festivals in Mie and beyond.

Northern Mie

• Kuwana : Age-Uma Festival

  This ridiculously dangerous May matsri consists of a horse getting lifted up to the top of a large wall

• Suzuka : Nejaka Buddha Festival

  For two days a year in mid-March, a shrine in downtown Suzuka unveils its sleeping Buddha images.

• Kameyama : Ōichi

  A three-day festival in January that celebrates Kameyama's heritage as stop in the Tōkaido.

Central Mie

• Meiwa : Saiō Festival

  Two-day event in early June commemorating the arrival of the Saiō, a Heian-era imperial princess, in Meiwa

Eastern Mie

• Shima : Ise-Ebi Festival

  Watch giant lobster floats get paraded through the streets at this June matsuri

Western Mie

• Iga : Ninja Fest

  Get dressed up in authentic ninja garb, wander downtown Ueno, and test your ninja skills on weekends in April

• Iga : Tenjin Festival

  Major festival in Ueno in October

Southern Mie

• Owase : YaYa Festival

  One of the craziest festivals in Mie, four days in the middle of Winter.

• Kumano : Kumano Fireworks

  Mie's biggest fireworks spectacular! Every year on August 17th.

Outside Mie

• Komaki : Penis Festival

  The legendary fertility festival, held each year on March 15th in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, just north of Nagoya.