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YOSHIDA FIRE FESTIVAL
August 26 @ 12:00 pm - 11:30 pm
COST BY AGE GROUP:
$30 (4 & Up)
$30 (3 & Under of a seat is needed)
ITINERARY:
Depart 12 p.m.
Festival 2:30–9 p.m.
Return 11:30 p.m.
Tour cost includes transportation. We do not recommend small children participating due to the late returning time. The festival can get very crowded.The Yoshida Fire Festival, or “Yoshida no Himatsuri,” is held every year on August 26th. It is said that the ceremony appeases the goddess of Mt. Fuji, and to keep the volcano from erupting for another year. Yoshida no Himatsuri also serves as the closing ceremony of the Fujisan summer climbing season. For this lively festival, named one of Japan’s three most unique festivals and celebrated for over 500 years, the entire community comes out to watch the burning of large “taimatsu” torches and the parade of two large portable shrines called “Omikoshi” through the streets. The Fire Festival is one of Fujiyoshida’s most prized cultural possessions, and this year’s festival promises to live up to its reputation.
