Events around Roopt Kagurazaka

This is an autumn cultural festival held throughout the Kagurazaka neighborhood. Over three weeks, about 40 projects pop up in alleys, galleries, storefronts, and even temple grounds.

Highlights include the open-air exhibition "Kagurazaka Art Square" featuring paintings, calligraphy, and crafts in the precincts of Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple, and "Saka ni Oekaki" (Drawing on the Slope) on the final day, where a long paper is laid out on Kagurazaka-dori for anyone to draw freely. You can walk from the accommodation and pick and choose the projects that interest you. Please check the official website for the dates and times of each project during the festival.

This is a Halloween-time festival where people dressed as cats parade through Kagurazaka. Anyone can participate as a cat, and it's fun just to watch.

It's very photogenic, so you can enjoy it even if you don't understand the language.

This is a wooden Noh theater located in Yaraicho, deep in Kagurazaka. It's a small stage where you can watch Noh up close, and there are also performances with explanations for beginners.

"Hajimete no Yarai Nohgakudo" is a performance for those new to Noh, and it's easy to recommend to international guests. Tickets are available for each performance on the official website.

This is the Setsubun bean-throwing ceremony at Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple, the face of Kagurazaka. It's a winter event held at the temple right in front of the accommodation, along Kagurazaka-dori, where people gather for lucky beans.

Although not large in scale, it's an event where you can truly feel the turning point of the Kagurazaka year. Setsubun can sometimes fall on February 2nd depending on the year, so please check the official date for that year.

This is a wooden Noh theater located in Yaraicho, deep in Kagurazaka. It's a small stage where you can watch Noh up close, and there are also performances with explanations for beginners.

"Hajimete no Yarai Nohgakudo" is a performance for those new to Noh, and it's easy to recommend to international guests. Tickets are available for each performance on the official website.

Four summer days in Kagurazaka. The first two days are theHozuki Market, and the latter two days are theAwa Odori Festival.

For Awa Odori, the slope itself becomes the venue. Dancers come down the narrow street, so the distance is very close. Troupes from Tokushima also participate.

The view differs between the top and bottom of the slope. If your accommodation is halfway up the slope, you can go out before it gets crowded and return when you're tired.

This is a wooden Noh theater located in Yaraicho, deep in Kagurazaka. It's a small stage where you can watch Noh up close, and there are also performances with explanations for beginners.

"Hajimete no Yarai Nohgakudo" is a performance for those new to Noh, and it's easy to recommend to international guests. Tickets are available for each performance on the official website.

This is the annual grand festival of Tsukudo Hachiman Shrine, about a 10-minute walk from the accommodation towards Iidabashi. What makes it Kagurazaka-like is that the mikishojo for the eve of the festival is set up in the precincts of Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple.

There will be a procession of the approximately 800kg white wood omikoshi (portable shrine) (once every few years) and a votive ring dance. The dates are usually mid to late September. Announcements for the year can sometimes be late, so please check the latest dates before visiting.

It's the autumn festival of Wakamiyahachiman Shrine, one of Kagurazaka's guardian shrines. Children's portable shrines and floats parade along Kagurazaka-dori, bringing liveliness to the street where the accommodation is located.

It's truly a "guardian shrine festival at your doorstep," a special day amidst the everyday life of Kagurazaka. The dates are usually mid-to-late September, but the announcement for the year can be late, so please check the latest dates before visiting.

This is the annual grand festival of Akagi Shrine, the guardian deity of Kagurazaka and the general guardian of Ushigome. Just a short walk from the accommodation, it's the liveliest autumn festival in the town, with stalls lining the streets after the grand ceremony and dedication performances enlivening the shrine grounds.

The modern shrine building, rebuilt with a design by Kengo Kuma, is also a highlight. The dates are usually mid-to-late September, but the announcement for the year can be late, so please check the latest dates on Akagi Shrine's official page before visiting.