Tokyo & Vicinity LOCAL EVENTS

Yorii Night Festival | Aug. 5, 2023

Held in Yorii Town, Saitama prefecture, this traditional festival is dedicated to the god of water. Lantern-filled floats are sent down the river while fireworks light up the night sky.

Yorii Night Festival
寄居玉淀水天宮祭(Yorii Tamayodo Suitengu-sai)

August 5th(Sat) 2023

17:00-21:00 (FIreworks)
*In case of rain it will be canceled.

Venue: Tamayodo Riverbank, Yorii town, Saitama prefecture

Official Information by Yorii town
https://www.town.yorii.saitama.jp/soshiki/13/suitenguu2023.html

Tickets for reserved seats are on sale
Ticket Pia (Japanese website)
https://t.pia.jp/pia/ticketInformation.do?eventCd=2325281&rlsCd=001&lotRlsCd=

Access
About 15-min walk from Yorii Station (寄居駅) on Tobu-tojo Line, Chichibu railway, JR Hachiko Line.

Getting there from Ikebukuro, Tokyo
From Tobu Ikebukuro Station, take the Tofu-tojo Line (70-min ride) and get off/change train at Ogawamachi Station. From the Ogawamachi, take a train bound for Yorii.(17-min ride)

Leaflet (PDF)
https://www.town.yorii.saitama.jp/uploaded/attachment/21846.pdf Tamayodo Riverbank Location Map (PDF)
https://www.town.yorii.saitama.jp/uploaded/attachment/21847.pdf