The Ageo Summer Festival was one of only a handful of ‘mikoshi’ festivals that was on in 2022. A mikoshi is a portable shrine. The festival has once again been scheduled for 2023.
Ageo Summer Festival
The Ageo Summer Festival is a two day festival held annually in July. However, the second day, the Sunday is the main day. They mikoshi, portable shrines, are displayed in each of the eight districts on the Saturday. On the Sunday they carry them around the Nakasendo and the area around Ageo station. The festival normally starts around noon and runs to 9.30 pm. However, in 2023 the opening ceremony won’t be until 2 pm and the mikoshi will be paraded from around 2.30 pm.
There are also festival floats and festival stalls at this festival. They usually have various other forms of entertainment on the Sunday too. Please note there are traffic restrictions on the Nakasendo and Ageo Station on that day. You won’t want to miss this MUD FESTIVAL also on the SUNDAY in Ageo City.
Information
Event: Ageo Summer Festival 上尾夏祭り
Dates: Saturday July 15th and Sunday July 16th 2023
Time: from 2 pm on the Sunday
Cost: free.
Venue: around the Nakasendo at the east exit of JR Ageo Station.
Access
Close to the east exit of the JR Ageo Station. There is no official parking for this festival. Ageo City advise that you come by public transport.
Unfortunately, there will be some noticeable absences this summer in Ageo City. For one, they not only cancelled the Ageo Fireworks this year, but they suspended them indefinitely (since 2020). Moreover, the outdoor seasonal pools at the prefectural aqua park in Ageo City closed permanently last year.
Official event web page for 2023. Images from the official Ageo Tourism site.
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It seems that heavy rains have occurred in various parts of Saitama prefecture. Was your area okay?
I am sorry I only responding now. I am travelling at the moment. Thank you so much for checking in. The rain was very bad, but we were very lucky that we had no flooding. Just 2 kilometers up the road they had bad flooding and a power outage. :-0 Stay safe and thanks again.