2026 Ogawa-machi Tanabata Festival (小川町七夕まつり): A Full One-Day Course

This course centers on the Ogawa-machi Tanabata Festival (小川町七夕まつり), held on Saturday, July 25, 2026, around Ogawa-machi Station in Ogawa-machi, Saitama Prefecture, and lets you spend a full day enjoying Ogawa-machi, a town known for its washi paper. At midday, enjoy a hands-on washi paper-making experience at the Saitama Traditional Crafts Museum (埼玉伝統工芸会館), and in the afternoon, enjoy the roller slide and the view at Sengenyama Miharashi-no-Oka Park (仙元山見晴らしの丘公園). In the evening, stroll through the shopping street in front of the station decorated with Tanabata ornaments, then have dinner while claiming a spot for the fireworks. At night, fireworks launch into the sky around Ogawa-machi Station. It is a day packed with an experience unique to this town of traditional crafts, the atmosphere of a Tanabata festival rooted in the local community, and fireworks all in one. You can also enjoy it alongside a stroll through the lush satoyama countryside of the Hiki region.