Late
Aug

2022 Domannaka Matsuri

Free
Aichi

The Nippon Domannaka Festival (called the Domatsuri for short) is the largest team dance festival in the Chubu region of central Japan.

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).

Usually taking place at Hisaya Odori Park in Nagoya, like something from the 1970s, this year is a “TV Festival”, which means it will be online—either on YouTube or Niconico Douga.

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Late
Aug
にっぽんど真ん中祭り
Hisaya Odori Park
Free
Official site
  • 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)
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