Visiting Nagahama

Visiting castle town having retro atmosphere

Chizenin Temple

UNESCO intangible heritage registration

14thImajyuyashiki Noh museum

Funaita bei

Nagata Nagamori
Yashiki Mark

ShanaiinShrine

Tax office

Nagahama WestJunior High School

Nagahama
Nagahama Elementary School City Hall

Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine

Meiji Station Street

Nagahama RailwayMuseum

Keiunkan

Keiunkan

It is an old shrine whichappealed to the Iwashimizu
Hachimangu shrine in
Kyoto in the 11th century.
Many famous warriors
protected the shrine.

Nagahama Cultural Arts Center

It was built in 1887 as atemporary rest house for theMeiji emperor, which isfamous as the site of thePlum Tree Bonsai Exhibit
early spring.

NaginatayamaNagahama Railway Museum The first Nagahama stationbuilding is the oldest railway
station building in Japan. It
exhibits genuine SL, a train
and displays various exhibits
about the railroad.

lakesi

Narita Museum
deroadTourist OfficePublic Toilet（Guests for thephysically handicapped）
Parking Lot
Hikiyama-house
Public Toilet
Facility eligible for Nagahama Roman Passport

Yanmar Museum

On April 15th children'sIn this museum, the gorgeousand splendid floats that areparaded around the city during
the Hikiyama Festival areexhibited. These are decorated
with beautiful ornament has
plenty of impressive points.

Nagahama Hikiyama Museum

Spots ofKabuki is performed inperformance of seven locations, moving
children's Kabuki from Hachimangu Shrine
to Otabisho.

Kanazawa
Hokuriku Expwy■ Traffic information
Train in case of

Ohmishiotsu

Nagahama
MaibaraMaibara JCT ・Hikone ICneCar in case ofLinai

Yamashina
Kyoto

Meishin
Expressway – Hokuriku Expressway –Nagahama Interchange, about 10 min. to festival
area.

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Taoko
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Osaka Kanjou Line

10min

Nagamaha st.

Walk

1,000

120km

１hr 30min

80km

１hr

Nagoya

80km

１hr

Kyoto

OsakaTokyo（by Shinkansen）

２hr 40min
１hr 30min

Osaka（by Shinkaisoku）

１hr 30min

Nagoya（by Kaisoku）

１hr

Kyoto（by Shinkaisoku）

3

Kanaya-reiseki

4

Ippachiya-reiseki

5

Komeka-reiseki

6

Fudanotsuji-reiseki

7

Otabisho（Hikiyama Museum）

Float nameNaginatayama
Okinazan
Kasugazan
Kankozan
Kujakuzan
Gekkyuden
Kotobukizan
Shoujoumaru
Seikaizan
Takasagozan
Tokiwazan
Banzairou
HououzanDistrict(Kobunemachi)(Ibechou)(Honmachi)(Midomae)(Goudomachi)(Tamachi)(Otechou)(Funamachi)(Kitamachi)(Miyamachi)(Gofukuchou)(Setamachi)(Iwaichou)1

JR Nagahama st.

2

Nagahama Castle History Museum

3

Nagahama Railway Museum・Keiunkan

4

Walk around Hokkoku-kaidou

5

Kurokabe Glass Pavillion

6

Nagahama Hikiyama Museum

7

Daitsuji Temple

8

JR Nagahama st.

10min(Walk)
７min(Walk)
５min(Walk)〜10minNagahama IC

Hikiyama Festival
2019.1220km

Tokyo５hr

Funakuma-reiseki

Recommended walking trails■ Traffic access from major cities
410km

Hachimangu Shrine

2Nagahama Roman Passport is recommended! You can visit 5 facilities
by buying the passport for 1,000 yen. It is good value!

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1Introduction toeach hikiyama

Hikiyama called moving museum ispreserved with care in Hikiyama strage ofeach Hikiyama group, waiting anxiously
for the turn which come once every threeyears. Hikiyama stored in Hikiyama strage
is opened on the day of Festival, andtownspeople celebrate the festival together.

seiMnseannkiShNagoya Tokyo

From Osaka or Kyoto area, take the Biwako Line goingtoward Nagahama Station or Ohmishiotsu-tsuruga
Station and get off at Nagahama Station.
From Tokyo or Nagoya area, take the JR Tokaido Lineand get off at Maibara Station, and transfer to theHokuriku Main Line and after 7 min. get off atNagahama Station.

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Designated as important intangible folk culture asset

Sazanami Town

Gekkyuden

Tennis court

1

Circumambukation
root of hikiyama
Apr.15

Kujakuzan

Taiko ido

Yawata Yumekouji

Myouhou Temple

Banzairou

Shoujoumaru

Jo-ya-tou

Hokkoku kaidouEkimachi
TerraceNagahama15

Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine
23Town planning office

Hokkoku kaidou Station Street
AndoukeKaichi School

Lake Biwa

Hokoen Park

5 Otemon Street 4

Kotobukizan

KaiyodoFigure Museum（Until spring 2020）

Hikiyama Museum

Takasagozan

6

Yu Ichibangai

Kohoku Tourist
Information Office

Nagahama Gobou Omotesandou

OtabishoKasugazan

NSat ga at hi aomn a

Kaiyodo Figure Museum（Relocation renewal
in the spring of 2020）

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Statue themeeting ofHideyoshi andMitsunari

Nagahama Castle
History Museum

Kankyo Free
Market Garden
Hikiyama Museum Street

HokokuShrineIt was built in 17th century.
It is the branch temple of
the Otani Sect of Shinshu.
Its main building, hall andgate are the remains ofFushimi Castle in Kyoto
of 16th century.

Kankozan

Hououzan

The first floor is a shop forglass accessories, the second
floor displays glassworks
from all over the world. It is
the landmark in Kurokabe
Square which is full of
about 30 buildings of shops,
restaurants, galleries and soon along the old street.

Tokiwazan

It introduces the history ofNagahama of the period
between ancient andmodern times culture ofsurrounding region, and soon. An observation deckon the top floor offers
panoramic views of lake
Biwa and town streets.

April

13thDaitsuji Temple

Juri Kaidou

Okinazan

Jo-ya-tou

Kurokabe Glass Pavillion

Seikaizan

Nagahama Castle
History Museum

Lake province
Nagahama

５min(Walk)
５min(Walk)
15min(Walk)

Strenuous performance of pretty childactors, and an atmosphere from anearlier age, inherited still now.
On the beautiful spring day, lake province
Nagahama is lively in sound of festival,and gorgeous and luxurious festival
starts.

16thTasteful and splendid big event
Origin of Nagagama Hikiyama Festival
The history of Nagahama Hikiyama Festival starts in the latterpart of the 16th century. It is said that the festival began fromthe time when townspeople built a float (Hikiyama) to bedrawn throughout the town in the festival of the Nagahama
Hachimangu Shrine, after the lord of the castle gave gold dust
to the townspeople because the Busho (Japanese militarycommander), who ruled Nagahama at the time, had a baby boy.
As Nagahama developed, floats were in luxury remodeled anddecorated gorgeously to compete with the other groups, fromthe middle of the Edo period. Also the children's Kabuki waslater performed on the stage, Nagahama Hikiyama Festival has
developed into the present style.

Fascination of hikiyama called moving museum
Float hikiyama has three parts, Butai is a stage which isthree meters square area, and Gakuya where Joruri isperformed by Tayu(who tell the story) andShamisen-kata(accompanying shamisen players), andChin, where Shagiri(kabuki orchestra) is performed.
It is the gorgeous architectural beauty. It is decorated
with coating using beaten gold, bright laquer Urushi.
It also has Ketsuzure(woolen cloth) and Miokurimaku(tapestry for seetong off) which designated as animportant cultural property. Therefore, it is calledmoving museum.

This photo shows a special memorial festival,festiva.Five
so itthings
is notappear
an annual
everyevent.
year.

Beauty and mystery of Miokurimaku
Tapestry made in Belgium in the latter 16th century is used of
Miokrimaku of Hououzan and Okinazan. The curtains which werevery rare and expensive at the time are still beautiful even now, andtell townspeople's aesthetic sense, vigor, and financial ability.
The tapestries are remaked from cutting parts of one tapestry
matching the Hikiyama, but that doesn't look that way to people,
because of the high perfection. That show high level skills ofcraftsmen in the Edo period of Japan.
Also it is considered that Miokurimaku of Hououzan, Miokurimakuof Niwatoribokoof Kyoto Gion
Festival, andmaekake ofAraretenjinyama
were attached bya string.

The children's kabuki
The highlight of Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is children’skabuki after all. 5 to 12 years old boys of each hikiyamagroup become actors. Their performance is like that of an
adult and they are applauded by the audience.
Four of twelve hikiyama with stage participate on a yearlybasis. On the 15th after Kyogen is dedicated at Nagahama
Hachimangu Shrine, it is performed on the way to otabisho.
Lanterns are lighted when they arrive at otabisho, and that isvery fantasy scene. Children’s kabuki is also performed on thenight of the 13th, the morning of the 14th, and the day of the16th at each town.

Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is a symbol of Nagahama culture that is gorgeous, graceful, and elegant.
Apr.

Main events ofNagahama
Hikiyama Festival
Traditional various
events with people's
many wishes continue
for almost one week.
It is real pleasure tofeel atmosphere of thecity, which becomes
excited gradually
toward the 15th that ismain day of thefestival

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

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Senkoban

Hadaka-mairi

Mikoshi Togyo

Goheimukae〜14

Noboriyama(Ceremony of drown lot)At 6:00pm ceremony tomeasure the time for
performance of Kabuki
using Senko (incensestick). From thisceremony the rehearsal
is presented to thepublic.

At 8:00pm naked young
men worship at
Nagahama Hachimangu
Shrine and Hokoku
Shrine to pray for good
health of actors andorder of Kabuki
performance.

In the evening Mikoshi(portable shrine) leaves
Nagahama Hachimangu
Shrine for Otabisho(temporary shrine). Until
Kabuki performance on
15th finishes, Mikoshi
stays at the Otabisho.

The groups of Hikiyama
go to the shrine toreceive Gohei (woodenwands, decorated with
two zigzag paper). It issaid that spirit dwells init temporarily and put it
on each Hikiyama floats.

Apr.

Apr.

Kujitorishiki
At 1:00pm Kujitori
member of deban-yama(hikiyama of the year'sturn) gather inNagahama Hachimangu
Shrine, and draw lots forturns to show Kabuki.

Early in the afternoon
four floats is go up to theprecinct of Nagahama
Hachimangu Shrine.

Back Tapestry of Hououzan

Apr.

1715

Yuwatari

Asawatari

Tachiwatari(Evening parade)(Morning parade)(Long sword parade)

At 7:00pm a parade isheld by child actors inKabuki costume withwakashu (young men)from Nagahama
Hachimangu Shrine toIppachiya-reiseki
through the town.

From around 8:00am
child actors in stage
costume of opening
performance walk toHachimangu Shrine.

Back Tapestry of Okinazan

At 9:10am child Musya(warriors) having a longtachi (sword) with themwalk to Hachimangu
Shrine, being led byrikishi (wrestler).

Children's kabuki

Mikoshikangyo

Modoriyama

Goheigaeshi

Four groups of hikiyama dedicate
to god Kabuki performance at
Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine.
After that until the 8:00pm at fivelocations and Otabisho on theirway Kabuki performance is given.
*Children's Kabuki is also
performed on the night of the13th, the morning of the 14th, andthe day of the 16th.

After all children'sKabuki performances at
Otabisho, Mikoshi isreturned to Nagahama
Hachimangu Shrine.

After Mikoshi isreturned, Hikiyama isreturned back from
Otabisho to each thetown in order.

After children's Kabuki
is performed at eachtown on the 16th, Gohei
which has been received
is returned from eachgroup of hikiyama toHachimangu Shrine at
8:00am on the 17th.

SecondSaturday ofOctober

Hikiyama-kotaishiki(Ceremony of changinghikiyama) at Hikiyama
Museum
In the morning four floats,
which are the year's turn,are moved out.
In the afternoon four
floats Dashi, which are thenext year's turn, are storedin.