2026 Noda Summer Festival Dancing Tanabata: Full-Day Experience

A full-day course centered around the "Noda Summer Festival Dancing Tanabata" (August 1-2, 2026, opening day August 1, venue Honcho Street area) held in Noda City, a town with the fragrance of soy sauce. In the afternoon, learn the secrets of soy sauce production at Kikkoman's Soy Sauce Museum and visit Sakuragi Shrine, beloved as the deity of safe childbirth and child-rearing. Next, enjoy athletics in the vast green space of Shimizu Park, and trace Noda's history at the Noda City Hometown Museum. At 4 PM, when Tanabata decorations begin to sway on Honcho Street, the magnificent "Dancing Tanabata" bearers wearing traditional outfits walk through the shopping street amidst excitement. A full day where you can enjoy the food and history unique to a soy sauce town and beautiful Tanabata decorations all at once.