Inuyama Festival (Matsuri)
Spring, Summer and Autumn
The original Inuyama Festival has been held in spring for over 350 years. It takes place over the first weekend in April. Thirteen three-tiered floats, each representing one of the castle towns, carry musicians playing traditional flutes and drums, and puppeteers with traditional Japanese puppets. At nightfall, each float is lit-up by 365 lanterns for the night parade. Re-enactments with costumed warriors are also performed. The spring festival is now repeated in summer, and with only 6 floats, in Autumn. The floats can be seen all year round, in a museum (Donden Kan) near Inuyama Castle.