π Festival - Jike Kiriko Festival, Suzu City - 2023

Courtesy of Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League
Courtesy of Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League
Courtesy of Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League
Courtesy of Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League
Courtesy of Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League
Courtesy of Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League
Applicable Dates :
Only Available the 9th of September 2023
Itinerary Type :
Festivals
Number of Stops
2
Est. Drive
36 km / 22.6 miles - 37 minutes
Est. Site-Seeing :
Between 5 minutes and 20 minutes
 
This festival 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.

This festival can/should be combined/customized with one or more other driving itineraries in Ishikawa. You can conveniently access this festival from various "gateways" in Ishikawa Prefecture: the Kanazawa JR Station if arriving by train, or either the Komatsu or Noto Satoyama Airports if arriving by air. All three gateways have multiple rental car outlets.

Due to crowds for the festival, be prepared to park away from the actual festival site. There are normally local people directing traffic near the site(s) so allow a little extra time to park and walk to the site.

Highlights of this festival:

● Gorgeous huge kiriko decorated with gold-leaf coated carvings.
● Beautiful kiriko in the glow of the morning sun.
● Awe-inspiring “Fire-waking Shinto ritual”.

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

36 km / 22.6 miles - 37 minutes
1. Noto Satoyama Airport - のと里山空港

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Courtesy of Walter L. Keats
Accessible Has Food Has Geocache Has Parking Has Shopping Has Toilet Has Vending Machine(s)
MapCode :
283 475 067*52
Phone :
076-826-2000
Description :
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.
Address :
10-11-1 Miimachi Sue, Wajima-shi, Ishikawa 929-2372
36.3 km /  22.6 miles - (37 minutes)
2. Kasuga Shrine - 春日神社社務所

Courtesy of Google Maps
Courtesy of Google Maps
Courtesy of Walter L. Keats
Courtesy of Tourism & Exchange Div., Suzu Government
Courtesy of Tourism & Exchange Div., Suzu Government
Has Parking
Min/Max Time :
5 / 20 Minutes
MapCode :
329 676 139*14
Phone :
076-882-7130
Description :
The Kasuga Shrine is the site of Iida Toroyama Festival held each year on July 20 & 21. It lies at the base of the Kasuga mountain near city hall. The ancient shrine is home to the enshrined dieties Okuninushi and Yagami. During the Koji era of the Heian Period (1142-1144), the Wakayama Villa was established, at which a villa shrine to Tu Di Gong was built and called "Wakayama Shrine." In the first year of the Kōchō era (1261), the shinto priest Kuzuhara Morihide Ise moved the diety from the old shrine its current location at Kasuga.
The cedars planted more than 700 years ago grow in abundance on the temple grounds.

To the right of the stone steps on the temple grounds is an engraved stone table with the Manyoshu Poem written by Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女), a famous female Japanese poet (c.700-750) during a visit to Noto. She has 79 poems in the Manyoshu, the oldest extant collection of Japanese waka (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period.

Courtesy of the Tourism & Exchange Division, Suzu Government
Address :
16-1-1 Iida-machi, Suzu, Ishikawa 927-1214

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