🏮 Shibayama Haniwa Matsuri
芝山はにわ祭
Shibayama, Chiba · Every year on the 2nd Sunday of November
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Rooms around Shibayama, Chiba fill up while the festival is on.
The festival was planned by local volunteers to unite residents divided over the Narita Airport issue, and was first held on October 31, 1982. It is now positioned as a town revitalization event, featuring ceremonies and parades by "ancient people" inspired by the kofun (burial mound) clusters and haniwa (clay figures).
Getting there
The nearest station is Shibayama-Chiyoda Station on the Keisei Main Line. From the station it is about a 15-minute walk, or there is a Shibayama Town loop bus bound for the haniwa festival venue. By car, it is about 5 minutes from Shibayama IC on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway. There is a free temporary parking lot.
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