Echuu Yao Float Festival
A splendid and luxurious picture scroll of a bygone era revived in modern times
A traditional event that has continued for 280 years featuring all six Yao float carts designated as tangible cultural assets of Toyama Prefecture. The lavish decorations created by the townspeople of Yao, who flourished as the officials of the Toyama Domain, include masterpieces from renowned craftsmen of Inami carving, Jyonan lacquerware, and Takaoka metalwork, and it is said to be a comprehensive exhibition of Echuu fine arts and crafts. Additionally, the float cart music is performed inside the float cart, enhancing the festival atmosphere. At night, the float transforms into a lantern mountain illuminated by thousands of lanterns, with festival music and lively shouts echoing into the late hours of the night. ■Remarks Held annually on the same date.
Around Yao Float Exhibition Hall
About 12 km from Toyama IC on the Hokuriku Expressway
Get off at Echuu-Yao Station on the JR Takayama Main Line
- Date & Time
- 5/3(Sat)
- Note
- Canceled in case of rain. Float decoration display at 9:30 AM, afternoon float display at 1:50 PM, lantern float display at 7 PM. The main festival, where the float carts parade, takes place over three days, but on the first day, three carts are assembled, and another three carts are pulled out from the float exhibition hall for adjustments. On the fourth day, the three carts hold an entrance ceremony for exhibition at the float exhibition hall. Traffic restrictions on 5/1 (Thu) from 9 AM to 5 PM and on 5/3 (Sat, holiday) from 6 AM to 11 PM.
- Venue
- Around Yao Float Exhibition Hall
- Address
- 2898-1 Kamishimmachi, Yao Town, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture
- parking
- Use the town citizens' square
- Access
- About 12 km from Toyama IC on the Hokuriku Expressway
- Access (Public)
- Get off at Echuu-Yao Station on the JR Takayama Main Line
- Contact
- 076-454-5138 （Echuu Yao Tourism Association）
