Hirano-gō Summer Festival
The largest danjiri festival in Osaka, and among summer festivals it ranks second only to the Tenjin Festival in scale. Rooted in the Heian-period “Gion-e” tradition, which shares its origins with Kyoto’s Gion Festival, it attracts as many as 300,000 visitors from across Osaka to experience the raw energy of the danjiri floats and the sacred dignity of the mikoshi procession. Held July 11–14.
Why it is worth a visit
Osaka's largest danjiri festival, where heavy wooden floats are hauled through the streets of old Hirano.
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Why visit
Osaka's largest danjiri festival, where heavy wooden floats are hauled through the streets of old Hirano.
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