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2025 The 49th Ashigara Kintaro Festival

Ashigara Kintaro Festival in Minami Ashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is the largest festival in the city to pray for the healthy growth of children like Kintaro.

In addition to a portable shrine competition by local mikoshi groups and fireworks at two locations in the city, there will be a lucky candy throwing with prizes, a children's fair, and live comedy performances by five groups of Yoshimoto comedians.

[The 49th Ashigara Kintaro Festival]
◆Date and Time: August 3, 2025 (Sun.) 4:00 pm ～ around 8:35 pm

*The "Omizutori Ceremony" to draw water for health prayers to be sown at the venue at the sunset waterfall is at 1 pm ～ 1:15 pm 1:15 p.m.

◆Location Tsujishita Ground （ Nakanuma, Minami Ashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture ）

◆Host Ashigara Kintaro Festival Executive Committee （ Chairman Shuhei Kato, Minami Ashigara Mayor ）

Stage events and more
Time

Event

Contents

Location

13:00 ～ 13:15

Omizutori Ceremony



Sunset Falls Waterfall

16:00 ～ 16:15

Declaration of Opening Sprinkling of water

Using water taken from the Sunset Falls

Tsujishita Ground Special Stage

16:30 ～ 16:45

Greeting by the Organizer Introduction of Guests

Greeting by the Organizer

Tsujishita Grounds, Special Stage

16:50 ～ 17:00

Good Luck Candy Maki

Gather in front of the stage ！ You may win gorgeous prizes ！ ？

Tsujishita Ground Special Stage

17:10 ～ 18:00

Live Comedy Stories

5 groups of Yoshimoto comedians will perform their stories

Tsujishita Ground Special Stage
18:30 ～ 19:15

Mikoshi performance

Mikoshi competition by local mikoshi groups

near Iizawa intersection ～ Tsujishita Ground

19:30 ～ 20:05

Bon Dance with Everyone

Let's Dance Bon Dance ！

Tsujishita Ground

20:15 ～ 20:30

Fireworks Launch

Fireworks for the finale of the festival are launched simultaneously from two locations in the city

Angata area Tsukahara area

20:15 ～ 20:35

Ashigara-bayashi
Drum performance by Ashigara-bayashi with fireworks

Tsujishita Ground Special Stage

Permanent

Time

Event Name
Contents

Location

16:00 ～ 20:30

Bake sale ・ Children's fair

Bake sale by local shopping streets

Tsujishita Ground

16:00 ～ 20 ： 30

Display of floats

The culture of floats, which has taken root in Minami Ashigara for a long time, is shown.

Tsujishita Ground

◆Comedy Story Live
Five groups of Yoshimoto comedians appear for the comedy story live ！


Nelsons


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Hiyokkorihan


Shimash Records


Ishibashi Hazama

◆ Stage host is Aho Mild Sakamoto
The stage host is Aho Mild Sakamoto, a comedian who lives in Kanagawa Prefecture and belongs to Yoshimoto Kogyo. ！ ！


◆Fireworks
～ A total of 2,000 fireworks will be launched
To make the festival more exciting throughout the city, fireworks will be launched at two locations simultaneously. To make the festival more exciting throughout the city, fireworks will be launched simultaneously at two locations in the city.

◆Launch time 8:15 p.m. ～ 30 minutes

◆Number of shots 2,000 shots in total at two locations

*There are no seats for spectators. You can enjoy the fireworks from the festival site. （ However, one of two locations will have a good view of the fireworks from the festival site ）


◆Traffic Regulations
For the safety of the portable shrine parade and visitors, vehicle traffic will be closed and one-side traffic will be restricted.

Kano intersection ～ Nakanuma intersection （ Vehicle traffic closure ）

August 3 （ Sun ） 16 ： 30 ～ 19 ： 30
Iizawa intersection ～ Kano intersection （ One-way traffic for vehicles toward Odawara *Only right turn at Kano intersection ）

August 3 （ Sun ） 16 ： 30 ～ 18 ： 00