Grand Inoko Matsuri

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
• 15:00 Raising of the great rock
• 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)
• 17:40 O-neri drum parade
• 18:00 Grand Inoko Festival & Performances
• Mochi-maki passing out rice cakes and treats
• Energetic bouncing of the great rock
• Cermemonial cutting of the 88 ropes
• 19:20 Close

• https://www.facebook.com/ooinoko
• http://www.cetra.jp/ooinoko/