2026 Higashi-Ōmi Daitokuji Jizōbon 10,000 Lantern Festival - Full Day Experience Course
A full-day course centered on the "Higashi-Ōmi Daitokuji Jizōbon 10,000 Lantern Festival" held at Daitokuji Temple in Higashi-Ōmi City (scheduled for August 22, 2026). In Higashi-Ōmi City, the hometown of Ōmi merchants, visit Tarōbō Shrine, known as a shrine for good fortune, and walk through the merchant residences of Gokashō Kondōchō, designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings. Experience the impressive scale of the world's largest kite at the Higashi-Ōmi Large Kite Exhibition Hall, enjoy flowers and local bounty at the roadside station, then in the evening gather at Daitokuji Temple as countless lights illuminate the 10,000 Lantern Festival. Experience this quiet and beautiful lantern festival that marks the end of summer in Ōmi with your family.
Schedule
From Tarōbō Shrine, a Temple for Good Fortune Perched on a Cliff, Enjoy an Expansive View of the Ōmi Plain
Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings with Ōmi Merchant Homes and Storehouses
Full-Scale Display of What May Be the World's Largest Kite
Enjoy Flowers and Local Agricultural Products While Having an Early Dinner
Quiet and Warm 10,000 Lantern Festival with Countless Lights Illuminating the Grounds for Jizōbon
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