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2015
JULY
7 OSAKA GU DE
ASIAN GATEWAY OSAKA
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Monthly Event
Calendar of Osaka
Summer Festivals
Associated Event
July 24
（Fri）‒ 25（Sat）
This festival is the greatest in Osaka boasting of a history
of a thousand years. In the Hommiya (Main day) on the
25th, the Rikutogyo starts from the shrine at about 15:30,
and finishes in the shrine again through the Funatogyo.
The festival reaches climax during that passage.
The Tenjin Matsuri Festival with approx.
4,000 fireworks set off in the summer
night sky.
P Around Okawa River T19:00-21:00
￥ Free
P Osaka Temmangu Shrine ￥ Free ☎ 06-6353-0025
1 Wed）‒ Aug 31
（Mon）
July （
Dotombori River Lantern Festival
Lanterns on both banks of
Tombori River Walk are to
be illuminated , and various
festival events are to be
held. The whole of Tombori
River Walk and the
waterfront promenade of
Dotombori River are to be
d e c o r a t e d w i t h 1, 3 0 0
lanterns this year.
Hiranogo Summer Festival
T he lar g es t floa t f es tiv al in Osak a cit y,
announcing the coming of mid-summer. Nine
floats compete in a pulling contest on both the
12th and 13th. Don't miss them entering the
shrine on the night of 13th. Rituals such as a
parade of portable shrines are held on the 14th.
P Kumata Jinja Shrine ￥ Free
☎ 06-6791-0208
July
July 11
（Sat）
- 12
（Sun）
Ikutama Summer Festival
Following a lion dance and portable
shrine parade in the evening, the
festival's climax is an offering parade
of soul stirring Makura Daiko. The
Makura Daiko falls right and left,
while worshippers wearing red caps
beat their drums in unison.
T Makura Daiko 10:00-, Lion Dance
P Tombori River Walk in Dotombori ￥ Free ☎ 06-6211-4542
July 11
（Sat）- 12（Sun）
July 25（Sat）
Tenjin Matsuri Festival
Dedication Fireworks Display
Tenjin Matsuri Festival
13:30- and Makura Daiko Oneri 20:00- on July 11, Lion Dance Oneri 19:00- and Makura Daiko Oneri 20:00- on July 12.
P Ikutama Jinja Shrine ￥ Free ☎ 06-6771-0002
July 15（Wed）- 16
（Thu）
Summer Festival at
Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine
T h e f e s t i v al t ha t sh o w c a s e s lo c al
talents. Performance will be played
thinking of Mr. Minoru Akita, who was a
comedy writer from Tamatsukuri. Gourds
from the local area will be made into
various kind of dishes for tasting.
P Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine ￥ Free
☎ 06-6941-3821
18
（Sat）-19（Sun）
Umeda Yukata Festival 2015
July 17
（Fri）‒ Aug 31
（Mon）
Summer Fiesta in Minoh Park
2015-Festival of Fire, Water and Light
During the festival period, the Minoh Waterfall will
be illuminated, creating a cool atmosphere that is
different from usual. On July 18, the event "Minoh
Candle Road 2015" will be held, in which 6,000
candles will beautifully illuminate the Minoh
Waterfall, Minoh Park, and the road leading to the
waterfall.
P Minoh Park ￥ Free ☎ 072-723-1885
July 18
（Sat）
- 19
（Sun）
Taikodai Festival
A festival featuring the "Yukata"
(traditional Japanese clothing) in
the city of Osaka. The main event
"Bon-Dance", one of many traditional
Japanese dances performed in
s u m m e r w ill b e h e l d a r o u n d a
Yagura" (wooden scaffold). Since
the dance steps are very simple,
anybody can participate it
with/without wearing Yukata.
P Nishimachi Kosaten Osaka, Osaka Station City, Umeda DT Tower ￥ Free ☎ 06-6533-2722
front of Kanda Jinja Shrine on July 19. ￥ Free ☎ 072-432-1244
P NU Chayamachi, Grand Front July 20
（Mon）- 21
（Tue）
Terakata Chochin
Bon Dance
Terakata Chochin odori (Bon
dance) is a folk entertainment
of Kyu-minamiterakata area of
Moriguchi city, which started
in Edo era. It is particular that
people hold a lantern and
dance with the musical accompaniment that uses the Japanese drum
with the Kawachi ondo (Eastern Osaka style bon dance) music. This bon
dance was nominated as a city's intangible folk cultural assets in 2000.
P In front of Keihan Moriguchi-shi Station ￥ Free ☎ 06-6995-3158
Key to symbols P=Place T=Time ￥=Fee ☎=Inquiries
A procession centred
around seven glorious drum
floats, each carrying two
players, parades through the
streets, the enthusiastic
shouts of the participants
marking time along the way.
The festival boasts over
270 years of history.
Intersection on July 18, In
July 22
（Wed）
- 23
（Thu）
Soemon-cho
Summer Festival
A charming summer festival
held in the entertainment
quarter of Minami.
Events include the final round of
the Miss Soemon-cho Contest
that the winner of which will be
the symbol of Soemon-cho; an outside live stage; and a Kamigata
traditional art performance. An elaborate stage and outside beer-hall are
joined by special stalls of the famous shops of Soemon-cho.
P Soemon-cho T18:00-22:00 ￥ Free ☎ 06-6214-5925
Monthly Event Calendar of Osaka
July 31
（Fri）
July 30
（Thu）‒ Aug （
1 Sat）
July 24
（Fri）- 25
（Sat）
Sumiyoshi Festival
Daigaku Festival
A highlight of this festival is
nagoshi-harai-shinji ritual held on the
31st. In this ritual, nagoshime women
and children in costumes of the
Muromachi period (14-16th century) go
through a large ring made of thatch.
Visitors can also participate in this
ritual to wish for good health.
The "Daigaku", the only one existing in
the city, is made of 79 lanterns hung
from arms standing on a pole. A
mid-size Daigaku is carried in the park.
P Ikune Jinja Shrine ￥ Free
☎ 06-6659-2821
July 25
（Sat）
P Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine ￥ Free ☎ 06-6672-0753
Kishiwada Port
Festival
Grand Evening Fish
Market
At this 700-year-old fish auction, sailors
5月31日
（土）、6月1日
the country
and
fishermen
from（日）
around
make offering of fish at Sumiyoshi
Taisha Shrine to pray for a safe voyage
and good catch.
P Ohama Park ￥Free ☎072-227-8841
Approx. 1,500 gorgeous
fireworks are shot off
including one spreading as
wide as 250m, and the last
10 minutes of a Wide Star
Mine, which is a rapid-fire
series of bursts.
P Kishiwada Port ￥ Free ☎ 072-423-9618
Star Festivals (Tanabata)
July 5
（Sun）
-7
（Tue）
Now ‒ Aug 8（Sat）
Tanabata Evening at
Shitennoji Temple
Umeda Tanabata
The whole of Umeda City is filled with
cheerful Tanabata atmosphere. Enjoy
a5月31日
welcome
arch
made
（土）
、6月1日
（日） of a huge
piñata ball and street stall shops on
Takimi Koji Alley, and bamboo leaf
boat lanterns. Several main events
are held on July 4, 5 and 7.
To celebrate Tanabata, a bamboo
5月31日
（土）、6月1日
（日）
Milky
grass
tunnel
and an
artificial
Way will appear at Shitennoji Temple.
The tunnel will be 27-meter long and
the Milky Way made with brilliant LEDs. If you walk through the bamboo
grass tunnel decorated with tanzaku (colorful strips of paper on which people
write their wishes), your wish might be heard by the stars. During the period,
the venue will be lined with street stalls. There will also be various events
and a fire ritual will be held on July 7 at the temple to burn the tanzaku.
P Umeda Sky Building
￥Free (Charged for going up the floating garden)
☎ 06-6440-3899
P Shitennoji Temple ￥Free ☎ 06-6775-1400
July 7
（Tue）
July 6
（Mon）- 7（Tue）
Heisei Osaka Legend
of the Milky Way
Tanabata Festival at
Hatamono Shrine
On July 7, the beautiful Milky Way
This shrine is dedicated to the
5月31日
（土）
、6月1日
（日）
full
of LED
light
(called
Inoriboshi)
5月31日
（土）、6月1日
（日）
Vega.
Decorated
with
bamboo
branches on both days of the
festival, the shrine is
surrounded by numerous street
stalls and thronged with
visitors. The portable shrines procession is held at 16:00 on the 7th.
P Hatamono Jinja Shrine ￥Free ☎ 072-891- 4418
of hope appears in Nakanoshima,
Osaka, for just one day.
P Between Temmangu and Kitahama along Okawa river
￥Free (Charged seat with a leasing ticket 1,200yen/adv., 1,500 円 /door)
☎ 06-7507-2001
Notable Events
July 4
（Sat）- 5（Sun）
5月31日
（土）、6月1日
（日） ART
OSAKA
2015
Annual summer art fair held in hotel rooms in
Osak a. You get to see mor e than 70
ar t w or k s fr om o v er 50 galleries fr om
inside/outside of Japan.
P 26 floor at Hotel Granvia Osaka
￥1 day pass 1,500yen (Free for elementary
school student or younger when accom
panying guardians) ☎06-7506-9338
July 25
（Sat）- Aug 30
（Sun）
Dojima River Biennale
2015
By linking art with many other areas, it
promises to bring new horizons for art
into sight.
The fourth Biennale to be held this
summer, is curated by Tom Trevor,
the former director at Arnolfini in
Bristol, U.K. as the Artistic Director
with the theme of "Take Me To The
River - Currents of the contemporary".
T11:00-19:00 (Entry till 18:30)
P Dojima River Forum
￥Adult : 1,000yen, University and High school student :700yen, Junior high and Elementary school
student:500yen ☎ 06-6341-0115
Late July ‒ Mid Aug
Sunflower Festa at Expo Park
When summer
comes along in full
force, approx.
10,000 sunflowers in 22 varieties
are in full bloom.
Some are named
after famous
artists including
Van Gogh, Monet
and Gauguin. See their different forms of elaborate flowers in peak season during summer.
T 9:30-17:00 (Entry till 16:30, Close on Wednesdays)
P Expo Park
￥Adult : 250yen, Elementary and Junior high school student: 70yen ☎06-6877-7387