A traditional festival with over 210 years of history. Huge floats 10 m tall and 2.5 t are carried through the town at day, changing to “Pyramids of Light” at night. These pyramids are made up of 309 lanterns in 12 tiers and are paraded to shouts of “Yoitosa! Yoitosa!” A National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
• 7/26 (Fri.) ~ 7/28 (Sun.)
• Main procession on 7/27: 18:30~21:00
• Free
• In front of Tobata Ward Office and surrounding areas
• 1-1-1 Senbo, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka
• 093-871-1501
• http://tobatagion.jp/