Dengaku of Nishisonome

Dengaku of Nishisonome is held
at the night of Hachiman jinja festival.


The Dengaku dance of Nishisonome is a religious-agricultural event of the Shintou religion. It is performed as a prayer to the gods to invoke a good rice harvest during the spring. Dengaku of Nishisonome is listed as a folkloric artistic work of the town of Toei. The dance has some features that are similar to the Hana Matsuri but, it is different from other Dengaku dances of Kitashitara county (the northeast part of Aichi prefecture).

Until the early period of the Meiji era, there was another Dengaku dance in the Futto area. The equipment of the Futto Dengaku are displayed in the Hana Matsuri Kaikan.


Place of Dengaku
Nishisonome Hachiman Jinja


Information

Toei Kanou-kyoukai (Tourist Association),
TEL. (81) 536-76-1812


Access

by public transport

JR Toyohashi station
to(100 min. by JR Iida-sen line, Time table)

JR Toei station
to(15 min. by Toei municipal bus, Toei-sen line Time table)

Hongou bus stop
to(20 min. by Toei municipal bus, Higashisonome-sen line)

Nishisonome bus stop
to(20 min. on foot)

Nishisonome Hachiman Jinja


by car

Please get off at the Tomei Express Way at the Toyokawa interchange, then head north on the Kokudou 151 (Route151, in the direction of Iida city).
After 70 minutes of driving (45 km), you will arrive in Toei.

Pass through the Shin-hongou tunnel and the Komakubo tunnel, turn right at the second three-way-stop (no traffic signals). Cross the Sen-bashi bridge, turn right and go straight on route 473 (R473, in the direction of Uragawa).

Pass the Shinbashi-kita intersection (with traffic signals), then go straight for 2.5 kilo meters. Turn left just before the Shimokawa bashi bridge, and get onto the narrow road. Go straight for 2 kilometres and you will see the Nishisonome bus stop. Turn left and go straight for 2 kilometres.

2003/10/01 Update