EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
January
Gencho (New Year's morning) Noh Play "Okina"
Held annually at around 12:20 a.m. on January 1st, this Noh performance takes place on the Noh stage of Kasuga Shrine in Tamba-Sasayama.
This performance, known as the earliest Noh play in Japan, was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 2003.
Date: January 1
Place: Noh Stage at Kasuga Shrine (Kurooka, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Tanba-Sasayama City Society of Commerce and Industry
Tel: 079-552-0758
March
Sasayama ABC Marathon
Date: Early March
Course: Throughout Tamba-Sasayama City
Start/Finish: Tamba-Sasayama Castle Ruins Sannomaru Square (Kitashinmachi, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama ABC Marathon Organizing Committee
Tel: 079-552-1111
April
Sasayama Kasuga Noh Performance
Date: Early April
Place: Noh Stage at Kasuga Shrine (Kurooka, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Sasayama Noh Executive Committee
Tel: 079-552-5792
Tamba-Sasayama Cherry Blossom Festival
Date: Early April
Place: Around Sasayama Castle Ruins (Kitashinmachi, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Tourism Association
Tel: 079-506-1535
Nishiki Rhododendron Festival
Date: Late April
Place: Shakunage Park and around Kuromame no Yakata (Shimoitai, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Kuromame no Yakata
May
Tamba Pottery Village, Spring Story
Date: Early May
Place: Tamba Traditional Crafts Park, Tamba Pottery Village "Sue no Sato"
Tel: 079-597-2034
Events to Celebrate the Start of Mountain Climbing Season
Date: Early May
Place: Taki Mountain Range, Yajurogatake, Mt. Ooya
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Office
Tel: 079-552-1111
August
Tamba-Sasayama Dekansho Festival
Date: August 15 and 16
Place: Around Tamba-Sasayama Castle Ruins Sannomaru Square (Kitashinmachi, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Tanba-Sasayama City Society of Commerce and Industry
Tel: 079-552-0758
September
National Wheelchair Marathon
Date: Late September
Place: Sasayama Castle Ruins Marathon Course (Officially Approved by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations)
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Office
Tel: 079-552-1111
October
Tamba-Sasayama Aji Festival (Local Food Festival)
Date: Mid-October
Place: Around Sasayama Castle Ruins (Kitashinmachi, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Office
Tel: 079-552-1111
Tamba Yaki Pottery Festival and Local Pottery Fair
Date: Mid-October
Place: Tachikui Ceramic Art Village, Around Imada Branch of City Office, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, and other pottery sites (within Imadacho, Tamba-Sasayama City)
Contact: Tamba Tachikui Ceramics Cooperative
Tel: 079-590-2034
Kasuga Shrine Autumn Festival (Parades, Portable Shrines, and Floats)
Date: Mid-October
Place: Kasuga Shrine and Sasayama Elementary School District
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Tourism Association
Tel: 079-506-1535
November
Taki Mountain Range Alpine Route Climbing Event
Date: Early November
Sasayama Course: Hiuchiwan, Tamba-Sasayama City
Nishiki Course: Tamba-Sayama City Kurikara Health Square
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Tourism Association
Tel: 079-506-1535
Tamba-Sasayama City Chrysanthemum Exhibition
Date: Early November
Place: Special Site at Tamba-Sasayama City Otemae South Parking Lot
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Tourism Association
Tel: 079-506-1535
Autumn Foliage
Date: Mid-November
Place: Ojiyama Park, Kozoji Temple, Daikokuji Temple, and Sasayama Castle Oshoin Palace
Contact: Tamba-Sasayama City Tourism Association
Tel: 079-506-1535