The Nippon Domannaka Festival (called the Domatsuri for short) is the largest team dance festival in the Chūbu region of central Japan and one of Nagoya‘s most well-known events.
What happens?
Having started in 1999, the festival is open to a wide variety of dance styles and features teams from throughout Japan and also from overseas. In normal years, the 23,000 performers attract an estimated audience of 1.85 million people.
The only rules are that the dance teams have costumes reflecting their local traditions and that they carry a naruko (small clapper).
Schedule 2024
This year the festival will be held over three days in Hisaya Odori Park and other venues in Nagoya.
If you’re looking for something to do in Aichi’s biggest city, check our events in Nagoya section.
Late
Aug
2025
にっぽんど真ん中祭り
Free
- 378 m from Hisaya-ōdōri Station Meijō Line (M1)Sakura-dōri Line (S5)
- 0.6 km from Shiyakusho (City Hall) Station Meijō Line (M1)
- 0.8 km from Takaoka Station Sakura-dōri Line (S6)
