🏮 Takayama Fudo Taisai
高山不動大祭
Hanno, Saitama (Jorakuin Temple (Takayama Fudo)) · Every year on 15 April
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The Takayama Fudo Taisai is a traditional event held every year on April 28 and 29 at Joraku-in (Takayama Fudo) in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture. It is a festival dating back to the Edo period, held to pray for fire prevention and protection from misfortune, and features a goma-burning ritual and a chigo procession (a parade of children in traditional attire). The highlights are the great goma offering in front of the main hall and the colorful chigo procession.
Getting there
About 40 minutes by train from central Tokyo at the shortest. Get off at Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, about 7 minutes on foot from the north exit.
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