Intangible cultural heritage
On December 3, Chichibu holds an annual night festival (Intangible cultural heritage). It attracts crowds from Chichibu, Saitama prefecture, neighboring Tokyo, and the Kantō region. Kawase matsuri is Chichibu shrine's summer festival. It takes place every July 19 and July 20. Eight groups carrying special "dashi" floats march along to festival music around the city. "Mikoshi" (sacred portable shrines) are brought to special places in each neighborhood where they are enshrined. Neighborhood association heads wash the "mikoshi" in the Arakawa River.