The 41st annual Toda Commerce and Industry Festival is on for two days in October each year. Information for the 2023 event hereafter.
Toda Commerce and Industry Festival
Each year in October towns and cities around Saitama Prefecture have a commerce, industry or citizen festival. They are all quite similar including a market of some kind and live entertainment. In Toda, they have both music and dance acts for their live stage, on both days. Also, at Toda’s festival they have an aquarium event and a lottery on each day. In addition, on the Sunday (22nd) they also have a cultural festival.
Information
Event: Toda Commerce and Industry Festival 第41回商工祭
Date: Saturday October 21st and Sunday October 22nd 2023. It will go ahead if there is light rain, but maybe cancelled if there is heavy rain or a typhoon.
Time: from 10 am to 4 pm.
Cost: there is no admission fee
Venue: Toda City Hall area, 1 Chome-18-1 Kamitoda, Toda, Saitama 335-8588. View on Google Maps.
Access
There is no parking for this event and the organizers ask that you come on foot or by bicycle. The city hall is about a ten to fifteen minute walk from Toda Station which is on the Saikyo Line.
‘may be cancelled if there is a sever typhoon’ – so ordinary typhoon, all good? hehe