Kawaguchi Yana Fishing Weir is built along the clean Yahagi River. Enjoy fresh sweetfish cuisine and the unusual sweetfish sashimi (raw fish). Barrier-free seats are also available. The season is from late April to late October.

Blueberry-no-Komichi has been in operation in the Inabu region since July 2008. Spend a leisurely time visiting this vast four-hectare farm with about 4,200 blueberry bushes, and eat your fill of fifty different varieties of blueberries. With no time limit and the option to pick some to take home, this is a place where you can enjoy blueberry picking to your heart’s content. Right next door is the cake shop Mako, which sells original...

Catch sweetfish or play in the river. In the tent area, you can enjoy sweetfish cuisine such as salted sweetfish, sweetfish mochi sticks, and sweetfish rice. Open from July to the end of October.

Here you can catch sweetfish and enjoy sweetfish cuisine. In summer, the place is bustling with families enjoying the river. You can catch fish with your bare hands at the weir from mid-July to the end of October.

Hirose Yana Fishing Weir is built traditionally with wood and bamboo. After you catch your sweetfish with your bare hands, you can cook it over a charcoal fire. Right next to the weir is a dining area where you can eat and enjoy Yahagi River’s natural scenery. The season is from early July to early October.

An event begun in 2003. In the middle of July, wind chimes join the sounds of the river to fill the Odocho area. The first day of the event draws many visitors, offering opportunities for making your own wind chime, copying Buddhist sutras, meditating, and much more.

The Asuke summer festival refers to a series of events that take place in summer throughout the Asuke region. Every August, the promenade along the banks of the Asukegawa River is lit up with candles for the Asukegawa Manto Festival. On the last day, lanterns are sent off into the Tomoegawa River and the Jizo Festival is held. There are also fireworks in Asuke-cho and the Bon dance to see. During the event, from sunset to about 9:00 ...

53rd Toyota Oiden Festival Dates ・Oiden Sou-Odori: Saturday, September 25, 2021 ・Oiden Festival Fireworks: Sunday, September 26, 2021

Toyota Oiden Festival is Toyota-City's largest event and, to conclude it with a big splash, the last day features the Toyota Oiden Festival Fireworks. Featuring Melody Fireworks, a huge waterfall fireworks, "starmines", which are complex combinations of simultaneous launches, tezutsu handheld fireworks cannons and much more, all in a thrilling display of beauty. The show spends an average of about 13,000 rounds, and every year some 3...

STREET & PARK MARKET is held on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The carefully made items for sale range from handmade goods and accessories to antique items, old books, sweets, and other food made with organic ingredients. Hands-on experiences, massages, nail art, and other events are also part of this market. Enjoy a unique shopping experience at STREET & PARK MARKET.

Takororin Lantern Festival is a special summer event in the Asuke area, when cylindrical lanterns known as “tankororin” line the streets and set the historical Asuke Townscape aglow. Mini concerts take place at various spots along the street, including guitar, shamisen, and rakugo storytelling performances.

Part of the larger My Town Oiden of Toyota City, this event is held at the Fujioka District where locals participate in a dance contest. Crowning the event is the fireworks display with about 1,000 shots launched in time with the background music!

The Shigaku-sai, a sort of dress rehearsal, is held on the Saturday before April 17 in advance of the full festival. The Shigaku-sai festival starts in the evening and involves scooping of water from the traditional well in which Matsudaira was first bathed, dedications of fireworks, and other bold and mystical sights. The main festival the day after involves a portable shrine being carried from Toshogu Shrine to Kogetsu-in Temple.

Yukimi Kaido Inabu is an annual winter event in the Inabu area of Toyota City. When the candles made out of natural snow are lit, the soft light creates a mysterious nighttime atmosphere. Typically held at the same time, this year's “Shiru-1 Grand Prix” where merchants compete to see who makes the best soup has been cancelled.

Toyotashi Obara Paper Art Museum (Toyotashi Washi-no-Furusato) annually hosts the Kanzokashiki event, with admission free of charge and open to anyone willing to participate. This is one of the first steps in the making of Washi Japanese Paper: acquiring the raw material. During the event, bundles of kozo branches are steam-boiled at a steamer device called koshiki, making it easier to peel off their outer bark manually. This is whe...

An event that, for over 20 years, was continuously held under the title "Fujioka Fureai Festival," upon Fujioka's merging with Toyota-City in 2005 changed its name to its current form. However, the goals are the same: promote the touristic resources of the area and provide a venue for interaction and mingling, between both locals and involving visitors. Encompassing several venues centered around the Aichi Greenery Center (Aichi Ryok...