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Grand Inoko Matsuri
November 2 - November 3
Free
City center festival which melds tradition with art in Fukuromachi Park – centered on a 1.5 ton rock suspended by ropes attached to 88 bamboo trees. The festival was resurrected in 2013 after a 17 year hiatus.
Saturday, November 3
- 11:00 Food and drink stalls open
- Kids Inoko parade along Hondori and Kinzagai arcades (starting from Fukuromachi Park
- 15:00 Raising of the great rock (family version)
- 16:30 Kashi-maki passing out of treats
- 18:30 Grand Inoko Festival & Performances
- 20:00 Lowering of the great rock (family version)
Sunday, November 3
- 11:00 Food and drink stalls open
- 13:00 Raising of the great rock (community version)
- 15:15 O-neri drum parade
- 18:30 Grand Inoko Festival & Performances
- Mochi-maki passing out rice cakes and treats
- Cermemonial cutting of the 88 ropes
- 19:20 Close