The Hamamatsu Festival Pavilion is located within the Enshuhama Park, in front of the Nakatajima Sand Dunes, and next to the dunes where the Hamamatsu Giant Kite Festival is held.
Inside the pavilion there are exhibitions about the history of the Hamamatsu Festival, kites, coats and floats, a festival that is over 440 years old.
In the kite exhibition hall, talk about the fierce kite competition held at the Hamamatsu festival is reproduced through a scene created using life-size kites and figures, as well as the sounds of wind instruments and the procession of floats on video high definition. There are also happi coats provided for taking photos, so you can have a commemorative photo to remember the Hamamatsu Festival atmosphere.
In the float exhibition pavilion, models of floats from each era are on display. The life-size float made for the 80th anniversary of the Hamamatsu city organization is also on display.
In the reception area, they sell famous Hamamatsu cakes, miniature kites, t-shirts, badges, cell phone straps and other Hamamatsu Festival products that you can’t buy anywhere else.
The Hamamatsu Festival is held for three days every year on May 3,4 and 5.
- Location: Hamamatsu / Shizuoka.
- Opening hours: 9:00 to 16:30.
- Adult: 400 yen
- Children: free
- Over 10 people: 360 yen
- Over 30 people: 320 yen
- CLOSED: On December 29th ~ 31st
Shizuoka-ken Hamamatsu-shi Minami-ku Nakatajima-cho 1313