Tahara Festival | Tahara
Celebration
The Tahara Festival will be held from October 11th (Sunday) to 12th (Monday, public holiday) in Tahara-cho Ward, Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture, 2026. During the festival, three elaborately decorated floats and portable shrines will parade through the streets, and in the evening, children will perform dances on the floats. During the day, floats decorated with mechanical puppets and exquisite mobile shrines will parade through the streets. Floats from Koya-cho, Honmachi, and Shinmachi will parade through the city; all of these floats are designated as municipal tangible folk culture properties. Another highlight is the procession of the Ōtsutsuki portable shrine, a type of mobile shrine carrying handheld fireworks. On the final night, handheld and large fireworks will be set off, illuminating the night sky with dazzling light.