[Chiyoda Town, Gunma Prefecture] Held on August 18th every year! “Chiyoda KAWASEGAKI” is a traditional event that has continued for about 150 years.

• Table of Contents
• About 150 years of tradition, “Chiyoda KAWASEGAKI”
• event date
• time schedule
• Origin of KAWASEGAKI

About 150 years of tradition, “Chiyoda KAWASEGAKI”

Chiyoda's KAWASEGAKI is a traditional festival with a history of about 150 years. A variety of events will be held, centering around monks' sutra reading and lantern floating (KAWASEGAKI), as well as fireworks and folk dance performances. The lights of lanterns reflected on the river surface and the fireworks launched over the Tone River color the summer nights.

Lantern floating is a festival unique to towns facing large rivers, and the fantastic sight of lanterns gently flowing down the river as the monks chant sutras, solemnly sending out the spirits, is worth seeing.

event date

Held on August 18th every year (18:00-20:40) *In case of stormy weather, it will be postponed to the 19th.

time schedule

◆Folk song performance 18:00-18:20

◆Stage Entertainment [First half] 18:20-19:20 [Second half] 20:00-20:30

◆Sutra reading and lantern floating 19:40-20:00

◆Fireworks 20:10 - 20:40 (approximately 4,000 fireworks, maximum number of fireworks scheduled to be 10)

*The schedule is for 2023. Subject to change.

Origin of KAWASEGAKI

An honest man named Kurayoshi worked as a shopkeeper at a tofu shop called "Kabutoya" in Akaiwa Village (present-day Oaza Akaiwa, Chiyoda Town). Around the summer of 1888, he went to cast a net in the Tone River and accidentally drowned in water. I died. The owner of the Kabuto shop was surprised to hear this news and immediately consulted with the chief priest of Akaiwa Koon-ji Temple and held a memorial service for Kurayoshi's spirit. This is said to be the beginning of KAWASEGAKI.