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The Noto Satoyama Airport is centrally located in the Noto Peninsula. As of early 2019 there were 2 daily round trip flights from Tokyo's Haneda Airport via All Nippon Airways. There are several rental car companies with offices at the airport. Airport code is NTQ.

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The Shingo NoryoFestival is held on <> each year.

"The Satoyama mountain landscape extends over the Natauchi area of Nakajima-machi, Nanao City. This festival originated as a way of allowing the deity of Fujitsuhiko Shrine to enjoy the cool breeze of a summer night.

Every year, 10 kiriko lanterns are carried by people from eight nearby villages. Most of Noto’s kiriko lanterns are lit by electricity, but the lanterns here are still lit with candles. The flickering lights are very different from the light of electric lanterns when seen from a distance. The beauty of transitory light in the darkness cools down the hot summer night.

The music of the festival is another attraction. Flutes are not used; only drums and gongs play a characteristic rhythm, and people sing the festival song. The kiriko lanterns gather at the shrine, parade around the precincts, and follow a portable shrine to the square on the right bank of the Kumaki River. The scene of the lanterns and the portable shrine is well worth seeing.

The lanterns dance to the dynamic rhythm of the gongs and drums, making circles in turns. People watching on the other side of the river are cheered by the scene. Flickering candlelight produces the mysterious atmosphere of this summer festival."

Source: "Kiriko Festivals in Noto"

This festival (#05) is one of 29 Noto Kiriko Matsuri ("Float Festivals") held each year in the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, the most for any area of Japan.

For additional background and historical details click the link to the festival website above.

Peak times: 20:00.
Recommended arrival times: 19:30.
Recommended parking: Around JA Center parking - MapCode: 471 203 849*71.