The Hamamatsu Festival celebrates the birth of children, and falls over the annual holiday Children’s Day (May 5th). There are two distinct parts to the festival.
The first is a procession of floats that resemble small temples, each carrying musicians. The processions happen in the early evening from 6:30pm on each of the 3 days of the festival. The second part of the festival is a huge kite flying festival with each neighbourhood competing with their own giant kite.
3rd May–5th May, 2023
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10:00am – 3:00pm
浜松まつり
Free
Official site
⚠️ Link in Japanese
- 65 m from Hamamatsu Station Tōkaido Shinkansen
Typical weather at this time:
High: 21 ºC
Low: 14 ºC
