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|
Day |
Event |
Place |
|
1 |
1 to 15 |
Hatsumode |
Temples and shrines all over Nara |
| Hatsutora-Day (1) |
Hatsutora Daihoyo (Buddhist Ceremony) |
Chogosonshiji Temple on Mt. Shigi (Heguri Town) |
| The4th Saturday |
Wakakusayama Hill Mountain Burning |
Wakakusayama Hill (Nara City) |
| 23 |
Konin-e |
Daianji Temple (Nara City) |
|
2 |
3 |
Onioi Ceremony |
Horyuji Temple (Ikaruga Town) |
| 3 |
Mantoro |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 3 |
Onioi Ceremony |
Kofukuji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3 |
Onibi-no-Saiten Festival |
Zaodo Hall of Kimpusenji Temple (Yoshino Town) |
| 6 |
Otauesai Festival (rice seeds planting ceremony) |
Omiwa Shrine (Sakurai City) |
| 1st Sunday |
Onda Matsuri Festival |
Asukani-Imasu Shrine (Asuka Village) |
| 11 |
Ettsumi/Onishi Tsunakake Matsuri Festival |
Susanoo Shrine in Ettsumi and Ichikishima Jinja Shrine in Onishi (Sakura) |
| 11 |
Sunakake Festival |
Hirose Shrine (Kawai Town) |
| 14 |
Dadaoshi |
Hasedera Temple(Sakurai City) |
| January 14 in lunar calendar |
Kuzuso |
Kiyomigahara Shrine (Yoshino Town) |
|
3 |
1 to 31
1 to 14 |
Hina Dolls Display at Local Houses in Tosa, Takatori-cho
Shunie |
Tosa Street and its neighborhood in Takatori-cho
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| Hatsuuma Day (1) |
Hatsuuma Matsuri Festival |
Matsuodera Temple (Yamato Koriyama City) |
| Hatsuuma Day (1) |
Hatsuuma Matsuri Festival |
Okadera Temple (Asukamura Village) |
| 22 to 24 |
Oeshiki Ceremony |
Horyuji Temple (Ikaruga Town) |
| March 30 to April 5 |
Hanaeshiki Ceremony |
Yakushiji Temple (Nara City) |
|
4
|
1 |
Chanchan Festival |
Ohyamato Shrine (Tenri City) |
| 1 to 7 |
Hinaeshiki Ceremony |
Hokkeji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3 |
Jinmu Festival |
Kashihara Jingu Shrine (Kashihara City) |
| the 2nd Sunday and its preceding Saturday |
Ochamori |
Saidaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 11 to 12 |
Hanakueshiki Ceremony |
Zaodo Hall of Kinpusenji Temple (Yoshino Town) |
| 19 |
Manju Festival |
Kango Shrine (Nara City) |
| 29 |
Spring Kemari (ball kicking) Festival |
Tanzan Shrine (Sakurai City) |
|
5
|
2 |
Emperor Shomu Festival |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3 |
Nerikuyou |
Kumedera Temple (Kashihara City) |
| 3 |
Toakeshiki Ceremony |
Ominesanji temple (Tenkawa Village) |
| 11 to 12 |
Takigionou |
Kofukuji Temple and Kasiga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 14 |
Nerikuyou |
Taimadera Temple (Taima Town) |
| 19 |
Uchiwamaki |
Toshodaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 28 |
Narihira-ki
(Ariwara-no-Narihira memorial ceremony) |
Futaiji Temple (Nara City) |
|
6 |
5 to 7 |
Kaizan-ki (Sharie) |
Toshodaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 17 |
Saikusa Matsuri Festival |
Isagawa Shrine (Nara City) |
| 23 |
A Buddhist ceremony for Takekuyo (comforting soul of bamboo) and combatting against cancer |
Daianji Temple (Nara City) |
|
7 |
July 1 to October 31 |
Light-up Promnade Nara |
Various spots in Nara City |
| 7 |
Kaerutobi (Frogs hopping) |
Zaodo Hall of Kinpusenji Temple (Yoshino Town) |
| 16 and 17 |
Reitai Festival |
Tenkawa Benzaiten Shrine (Tenkawa Village) |
| 23 and 24 |
Koyasujizou Eshiki Ceremony |
Obitokedera Temple (Nara City) |
|
8 |
Early to mid August |
Nara Tokae |
Nara Park (Deer Park) (Nara City) |
| 14 and 15 |
Chugen Mantoro |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 15 |
Daimonji Okuribi |
Nara Park (Deer Park) and Tobihino (Nara City) |
| 15 |
Manto Kuyoe |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 15 |
Horan'ya Himatsuri (fire festival) |
Higashi Bojo (Kashihara City) |
| Last Saturday & Sunday in August |
Basara Festival |
Nara City and Yamato Koriyama City |
|
9 |
22 |
Taishi Roman Ikarugano Sato 'Kangetsu Sai'
(Moon viewing party) |
Ikaruga-no-sato (Ikaruga Town) |
| 23 |
Tojimesiki Ceremony |
Ominesanji temple (Tenkawa Village) |
| day of the harvest moon |
Man'yo no Asukaji ni Tsuki wo Miru Kai
(Moon Viewing Festival in Asuka Village, a Man'yo village) |
Ishibutai Burial Mound Park (Asuka Village) |
| day of the harvest moon |
Uneme Matsuri Festival |
Uneme Shrine (Nara City) |
| day of the harvest moon |
Kangetsu Sanbutsue |
Toshodaiji Temple (Nara City) |
|
10 |
1st Saturday |
Touei Noh |
Kofukuji Temple (Nara City) |
Sundays and national holidays of
upper October |
Deer antler cutting ceremony |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine Rokuen (Nara City) |
| 2nd Sunday |
Ochamori |
Saidaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3rd Saturday |
Kensho Kinen Kagari Noh |
Sakurai Community Hall (Sakurai City) |
| From the late October to upper November |
The Exhibition of Shoso-in |
Shinkan of Nara National Museum (Nara City) |
|
11 |
3 (Culture Day) |
Bugaku Concert |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 3 (Culture Day) |
Kemari (ball kicking) Festival |
Tanzan Shrine (Sakurai City) |
| 14 |
Sake Matsuri Festival |
Ohmiwa Shrine (Sakurai City) |
|
12 |
16 |
Roben-ki (Roben memorial ceremony) |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 15 to 18 |
Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 29 |
Ominugui |
Yakushiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 31 |
Joya no Kane (Bells on New Year's Eve) |
Temples and shrines all over Nara |