📅 Event Calendar (Shikokuchuo Area)
Mid-July
Kawanoe Summer Festival Fireworks Display
Ehime's Earliest Fireworks 📅 Annually on the 3rd Saturday of July
Kawanoe Port Breakwater
Late July
3 consecutive days
Minato Festival & Iyomishima Night Bazaar
City's Largest Summer Festival 📅 Annually for 3 days in late July
Mishima Kawanoe Port, Iyomishima Station Front Shopping Street, etc.
Late July
Consecutive weekend days
Shikokuchuo Paper Festival
Local Festival 📅 Annually on a weekend in late July
Kawanoe Nigiwai Hiroba (Lively Square), Shopping Street, etc.
Early August
Calligraphy Performance Koshien
National Competition 📅 Annually late July - early August (August 2, 2026 confirmed)
Iyomishima Sports Park Gymnasium
8/1
Kane Odori (Bell Dance)
Traditional Event 📅 Fixed annually on August 1st
Onishi Shrine (Shingu Town)
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Fireworks Display
Kawanoe Summer Festival Fireworks Display
The earliest summer fireworks display in Ehime. Approximately 3,000 fireworks, including message fireworks, launched against the backdrop of Kawanoe Castle, are a highlight.
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Summer Festival & Fireworks
Minato Festival & Iyomishima Night Bazaar
🎆 Ehime's Top 50 Festivals! A Giant Summer Festival where Sea, Light, and Sound Compete Shikokuchuo City's largest summer festival, lasting three days. The 'Odori Dance Competition' with approximately 1,000 participants, the 'Night Bazaar' where festivals from all over Shikoku gather, and the grand finale of approximately 8,000 'Underwater and Water Surface Starmine Fireworks' are truly spectacular. Three days of immense excitement.
We also recommend viewing the fantastic night fireworks, which blend with the lights of the industrial area, from the Gudate Observatory, one of Japan's Top 100 Night Views.
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Local Festival
Shikokuchuo Paper Festival
An industrial festival that colors the summer of the 'City of Paper.' A lively two-day event featuring a parade of over 1,000 participants in the 'Kami Odori' (Paper Dance), a giant market, and held concurrently with the 'Calligraphy Performance Koshien'.
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Special / National Competition
Calligraphy Performance Koshien
🏆 Tears and Emotion of Youth! Japan's Premier Calligraphy Performance Koshien A moving event where high school calligraphy clubs, having won their regional qualifiers, compete for the title of Japan's best in Shikokuchuo City. Their performance, writing on giant washi paper measuring 4m high by 6m wide, accompanied by music and passionate dance, deeply moves spectators.
It has also served as a model for a film and is a large-scale international and cultural festival broadcast nationwide.
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Traditional / Shinto Ritual
Kane Odori (Bell Dance)
A Nenbutsu dance held annually on August 1st at Onishi Shrine in Shingu Town. It is a valuable folk art passed down to comfort the spirits of the feudal lords.
📝 Information is current as of writing. Dates, contents, and fees are subject to change.
Please check the official website before visiting.
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