Futon Taiko Matsuri

The Futon Taiko Matsuri was among the first festivals i ever visited in Japan (back in 2003). The festival is held close to the g-Forest pool hall and my girlfriend (haha .. that was before we married!) and I were driving past there on the way to play some pool and noticed the people and quickly changed plans to go see the festival instead of playing pool.

The festival features 9 portable futon floats from the local towns around the Mozu Hachimangu shrine. Inside the futon floats are kids chanting and playing taiko (drums) and thats pretty much what there is to say about this festival. It’s a nice small festival that isn’t very well known but worthwhile to see if you happen to be in the area around this time!

Website: Mozu Hachimangu Shrine website is here (all in Japanese).

Transport: From the city it’s probably the easiest to just take the Midosuji line (red) subway to Nakamozu and from there either walk (about 1km) to the south east. Parking is limited but usually always possible to find a parking spot somewhere in one of the many backstreets.