東信州中山道連絡協議会

Event date Event name Venue
April First Sunday Odori Nenbutsu (Chanting prayers while dancing) Saku City
  Third Saturday and Sunday Saku City Kyoho Taikai (Power Walk Contest) Saku City
  29 (Showa Day) Arafune Fudoson Reisai (Annual Festival) Saku City
  29 (Showa Day) Ne Shrine Shikisanbaso (Traditional Prelude) Saku City
  29 (Showa Day) Free distribution/spot sales of greening trees Karuizawa Town
May 3 – 5 Saku Balloon Festival Saku City
  3 (Constitution Memorial Day) Mountain stream fishing gathering Karuizawa Town
  3 (Constitution Memorial Day) Bird watching gathering Karuizawa Town
  3 (Constitution Memorial Day) Horse riding in spring Karuizawa Town
  3 – 5 Saku Koi Matsuri (Carp Festival) Saku City
  6 Asama Shakunage Koen Matsuri (Rhododendron Park Festival) Miyota Town
  10 Eki Kara (From-Station) Hiking Karuizawa Town
  10 Fureai Hiroba (Park) Miyota Town
  11 Donguri Gaeshi (Arbor Day) Karuizawa Town
  15 Kumano Kotai Shrine Haru no Saiten (Spring Festival) Karuizawa Town
  17/24 Mebuki no Karuizawa wo Aruko (Let’s walk Karuizawa in sprouting season) Karuizawa Town
  Third Sunday Usuda Komansai (Full Grain Festival) Saku City
  Late in the month Hana to Midori to Dobutsu (Flowers, Verdure and Animals) Fureai Festa Saku City
June      
July 4 Utsukushigahara Trail Run & Walk in Nagawa Nagawa Town
  Saturday and Sunday in early July Nakagomi Tanabata Festival Saku City
  Saturday and Sunday in mid-July Iwamurada Gion Festival Saku City
  Saturday and Sunday in late July Nozawa Gion Festival Saku City
  25 Ryujin Festival Miyota Town
August 1 Tsugane-ji Temple Ennichi (Festival) Yo-kannon Tateshina Town
  First Saturday Usuda Yoiyasa Summer Festival Saku City
  First Saturday Tateshina Endeko Town Citizen Festival Tateshina Town
  14 Asashina Dondon Matsuri (Asashina Dondon Festival)/Noryo Hanabi Taikai (Summer Night Fireworks Festival) Saku City
  14 Wada-juku Shukuba Matsuri (Wada-juku Festival) Nagawa Town
  15 Sakaki Matsuri known as an eccentric Shinshu festival Saku City
  15 Saku Chikuma River Fireworks Festival Saku City
  16 Otai-juku Festival Miyota Town
September 5 – 6 Whiskey & Beer Camp in Nagawa Town Nagawa Town
  Early in the month Oyamajishi Festival Nagawa Town
  Early in the month Saku City Mochizuki Power Walk Contest Saku City
  Early in the month Saku Kogen Cosmos Festival Saku City
  Mid-month Ofuna Matsuri Saku City
  Mid-month Late in the month Bimi Tateshina Niku Matsuri (Delicious Meat Festival in Tateshina) Tateshina Town
  Final Sunday in September Yuhara Shrine Shikisanba (Traditional Prelude) Saku City
  29 Soba Harvest Experience Karuizawa Town
October 12 Oiwake Aki no Mikakuichi (Autumn Food Market in Oiwake) Karuizawa Town
  Second Sunday Nakasendo Shionada-juku Shukuba Matsuri (Nakasendo Shionada-juku Festival) Saku City
  15 Kumano Kotai Shrine Aki no Saiten (Autumn Festival) Karuizawa Town
  18 Nakasendo Walking in Tateshina Tateshina Town
  19 Holiday Walk in Karuizawa Karuizawa Town
  Final Sunday in September Hiraoyama Momiji Matsuri (Mt. Hirao Autumn Foliage Festival) Saku City
  Late October - Early November Michi no Eki Matsuri (Roadside Station Festival)/Shoko-sai (Commerce and Industry Festival) Saku City
  Late in the month Saku City Half-marathon Saku City
  Undecided Eki Kara (From-Station) Hiking Karuizawa Town
  Undecided Let’s Walk with Tour Guide Karuizawa Town
  Undecided Halloween in Karuizawa Karuizawa Town
  Undecided Sawayaka Bazaar Karuizawa Town
November 3 Kusa Keiba Taikai (Local horse race) at Mochizuki Koma no Sato (Village of Horses) Saku City
  3 Outdoor Donguri (Acorn) Experience Karuizawa Town
  3 Karuizawa Shin-soba Matsuri (New Soba Crop Festival)/Soba Uchi Jiman Taikai (Soba Making Contest) Karuizawa Town (Charity to support earthquake disaster reconstruction)
  Early in the month Nakasendo Wada-juku Shin Soba Matsuri (New Soba Crop Festival) Nagawa Town
  Second Sunday Tokanya (Autumn Harvest Festival) Saku City
  Undecided Shoko-sai (Commerce and Industry Festival) Tateshina Town
December      
January 1 New Year’s Day Citizen Marathon Saku City
  3 Uehara Torioi Matsuri (Uehara Bird Chasing Festival) Saku City
  3 Kasuga Hongo Dosojin Festival Saku City
  6 Shinkai Sansha Shrine Otaue Matsuri (Rice-planting Festival) Saku City
  14 – 15 Otaya Festival Nagawa Town
  Late in the month New Soba Crop & Galette Festival Tateshina Town
February 11   Saku City (Hanazura Inari Shrine)
  20 Kan no Mizu (Coldest period in the year) Miyota Town