| Month |
Day |
YOUAN |
Event |
Place |
| 16 |
YOUAN OPENING PARTY! |
|
|
| 15 ,16, 17 and 18 |
|
Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 29 |
|
Ominugui |
Yakushiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 31 |
YOUAN NEW YEAR PARTY! |
Joya no Kane |
Temples and shrines in Nara |
| 1 to 15 |
NEW YEAR MENU |
Hatsumode |
each temple and shrine in Nara |
| Hatsutora-no-hi (1) |
|
Hatsutora Daihoyo (Buddhist
Ceremony) |
Chogosonshiji Temple on Mt.
Shigi (Heguri Town) |
| The night before the 2nd Monday |
|
Wakakusayama Hill Mountain Burning |
Wakakusayama Hill (Nara City) |
| 23 |
|
Konine |
Daianji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3 |
YOUAN SETSUBUN PARTY! |
Onioi Ceremony |
Horyuji Temple (Ikaruga Town) |
| 3 |
Mantoro |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 3 |
Onioi Ceremony |
Kofukuji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3 |
Onibi-no-Saiten Festival |
Zaodo Hall of Kimpusenji Temple
(Yoshino Town) |
| 6 |
|
Otauesai Festival (rice seeds planting ceremony) |
Ohmiwa Shrine (Sakurai City) |
| 1st Sunday |
|
Onda Matsuri Festival |
Asukani-Imasu Shrine (Asuka
Village) |
| 11 |
|
Ettsumi/Onishi Tsunakake Matsuri Festival |
Susanoo Shrine in Ettsumi and Ichikishima Jinja
Shrine in Onishi (Sakura |
| 11 |
|
Sunakake Festival |
Hirose Shrine (Kawai Town) |
| 14 |
|
Dadaoshi |
Hasedera Temple(Sakurai City) |
| January 14 in lunar calendar |
|
Kuzuso |
Kiyomigahara Shrine (Yoshino
Town) |
| 1 to 14 |
YOUAN Shunie & Hinamatsuri Party! |
Shunie |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| Hatsuuma Day (1) |
|
Hatsuuma Matsuri Festival |
Matsuodera Temple (Yamato Koriyama
City) |
| Hatsuuma Day (1) |
|
Hatsuuma Matsuri Festival |
Okadera Temple (Asukamura Village) |
| 13 |
|
Kasuga Sai Festival
(otherwise known as Sarumatsuri Festival) |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 22 to 24 |
|
Oeshiki Ceremony |
Horyuji Temple (Ikaruga Town) |
| March 30 to April 5 |
|
Hanaeshiki Ceremony |
Yakushiji Temple (Nara City) |
| March 31 |
YOUAN OHANAMI PARTY! |
|
|
| 1 |
|
Chanchan Festival |
Ohyamato Shrine (Tenri City) |
| 1 to 7 |
|
Hinaeshiki Ceremony |
Hokkeji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3 |
|
Jinmu Festival |
Kashihara Jingu Shrine (Kashihara City) |
| 7 |
YOUAN OHANAMI PARTY! No.2 |
|
|
| the 2nd Sunday and its preceding
Saturday |
|
Ohchamori |
Saidaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 11 to 12 |
|
Hanakueshiki Ceremony |
Zaodo Hall of Kinpusenji Temple (Yoshino Town) |
| 19 |
|
Manju Festival |
Rin Shrine (Nara City) |
| 2 |
|
Emperor Shomu Festival |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3 |
|
Nerikuyou |
Kumedera Temple (Kashihara City) |
| 3 |
|
Toakeshiki Ceremony |
Mt. Ominesan (Tenkawa Village) |
| 4 |
YOUAN WELCOME PARTY with WISH CLUB! |
|
|
| 11 to 12 |
|
Takigionou |
Kofukuji Temple and Kasiga Taisha
Shrine (Nara City) |
| 14 |
|
Nerikuyou |
Taimadera Temple (Taima Town) |
| 19 |
|
Uchiwamaki |
Toshodaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 28 |
|
Narihira-ki
(Ariwara-no-Narihira memorial ceremony) |
Futaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 5 to 7 |
|
Kaizan-ki (Sharie) |
Toshodaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 17 |
|
Saikusa Matsuri Festival |
Isagawa Shrine (Nara City) |
| 23 |
|
A Buddhist ceremony for Takekuyo
(comforting soul of bamboo) and combatting against cancer |
Daianji Temple (Nara City) |
| July 1 to October 31 |
|
Light-up Promnade Nara |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 7 |
|
Kawazutobi |
Zaodo Hall of Kinpusenji Temple
(Yoshino Town) |
| 1st Sunday |
|
Fuchin Taisai Festival |
Tatsuta Shrine (Sango Town) |
| 16 and 17 |
|
Shareisai |
Tenkawa Benzaiten Shrine (Tenkawa
Village) |
| 23 and 24 |
|
Koyasujizou Esiki Ceremony |
Obitokedera Temple (Nara City) |
| 6 to 15 |
|
Nara Tokae |
Nara Park (Deer Park) (Nara
City) |
| 14 and 15 |
|
Chugen Mantoro |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 15 |
|
Daimonji Okuribi |
Nara Park (Deer Park) and Tobihino
(Nara City) |
| 15 |
|
Daibutsuden Manto Kuyoe |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 15 |
|
Horan'ya Himatsuri (fire festival) |
Higashi Bojo (Kashihara City) |
| 22 |
|
Taishi Roman Ikarugano Sato 'Kangetsu Sai'
(Moon viewing party) |
Ikaruga-no-sato (Ikaruga Town) |
| 23 |
|
Tojimesiki Ceremony |
Mt. Ominesan (Tenkawa Village) |
moon on the 15th day of the 8th lunar months
or the 13th day of the 9th lunar month |
|
Man'yo no Asukaji ni Tsuki wo Miru Kai
(Moon Viewing Festival in Asuka Village, a Man'yo village) |
Ishibutai Burial Mound Park (Asuka Village) |
moon on the 15th day of the
8th lunar months
or the 13th day of the 9th lunar month |
|
Uneme Matsuri Festival |
Uneme Shrine (Nara City) |
moon on the 15th day of the 8th lunar months
or the 13th day of the 9th lunar month |
|
Kangetsu Sanbutsue |
Toshodaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 1st Saturday |
|
Touei Noh |
Kofukuji Temple (Nara City) |
Sundays and national holidays of
upper October |
|
Deer horn cutting ceremony |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine Rokuen (Nara City) |
| 2nd Sunday |
|
Ochamori |
Saidaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 3rd Saturday |
|
Kensho Kinen Kagari Noh |
Tsuchi Butai (Sakurai City) |
| 3rd Saturday |
|
Kemari Festival |
Tanzan Shrine (Sakurai City) |
| From the late October to upper November |
|
The Exhibition of Shoso-in |
Shinkan of Nara National Museum (Nara City) |
| 3 |
|
Bugaku Concert |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 2nd Saturday |
|
Tanzan Noh |
Tanzan Shrine (Sakurai City) |
| 14 |
|
Sake Matsuri Festival |
Ohmiwa Shrine (Sakurai City) |
| 16 |
|
Ryoben-Ki (Ryoben memorial ceremony) |
Todaiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 15 ,16, 17 and 18 |
|
Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri |
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara City) |
| 29 |
|
Ominugui |
Yakushiji Temple (Nara City) |
| 31 |
|
Joya no Kane |
Temples and shrines in Nara |
