1627 Menuma, Kumagaya 360-0201 Saitama Prefecture

Kumagaya 360-0033 Saitama Prefecture

720 Yatogo, Kumagaya 360-0203 Saitama Prefecture

1005 Kamino, Kumagaya 360-0012 Saitama Prefecture

Kawaracho, Kumagaya 360-0035 Saitama Prefecture

Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture

810 Kamikawakami Inside of Kumagaya Sport Culture Park, Kumagaya 360-0004 Saitama Prefecture

32 Kamakuracho, Kumagaya 360-0046 Saitama Prefecture

2-93 Miyacho, Kumagaya 360-0041 Saitama Prefecture

300 Kamigawakami, Kumagaya 360-0004 Saitama Prefecture

2-115 Tsukuba, Kumagaya 360-0037 Saitama Prefecture

Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture

This festival is held every year from July 19th to 23rd and is the main festival of the Yasaka Shrine in Kumadani City. The festival originates from an old tradition whereby each household used to cook sekihan (red rice) to ward off illness and disease. This was called the Kumadani Sekihan Festival until later years when the use of uchiwa (paper fans) became popular and the event was renamed the Kumadani Uchiwa Festival. This tradition lives on today in the passing out of free paper fans from shrines and stores throughout the city. The boisterous event features 12 floats from each district along with musicians and taiko drummers who put on an exciting show.

Arakawa Kahan, Kumagaya 360-0016 Saitama Prefecture

At the Kumagaya Firework Festival fireworks display, 10,000 rockets are sent into the air. They explode over the Arakawa river, beside the peaceful greens of Kumagayaarakawa Ryokuchi park and Arakawa park. The hot Saitama summer makes for a wonderful evening of light.

74 Nakacho, Kumagaya 360-0047 Saitama Prefecture

Tsukuba, Kumagaya 360-0037 Saitama Prefecture