Kanie: Festival Culture, Views and Onsen

Kanie brings together a range of travel interests: the Sunari Festival, the observation tower in Saya River Sogokouen Park, and the hot springs of Owari Onsen Tokai Center. If you are considering the area as a place to stay, these themes offer concrete starting points for planning. Free bicycle rentals can also be used for shopping, sightseeing, and exploring the town.

Bicycle Rentals for Getting Around Kanie

Free bicycle rentals are available at four locations in Kanie. The bicycles can be used for shopping, sightseeing, and exploring the town. Check the latest operating details before your trip.

Bicycles can be returned at any of the rental locations; the return location is specified when you rent one. This means you do not have to return the bicycle to the same place where you rented it. You can factor the designated return location into your plans when you rent the bicycle.

Sunari Festival: River Boats and the Miyoshi Ritual

The Sunari Festival is a river festival in Kanie’s northern Sunari district. It is held for Tomiyoshi Takehaya Shrine and Hakken Shrine. Its events include a river festival with festival boats and the Miyoshi reed-offering ritual. Both the boats on the river and the ritual are therefore part of the festival.

The associated ceremonies last about 100 days, from the selection of the child in July to the dismantling in October. The Sunari Festival is therefore also called the “100-Day Festival.” In December 2016, it was included on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list as one of 33 festivals in the UNESCO tradition of “Yama, Hoko, Yatai.”

If you would like to plan your trip around the Sunari Festival, check the specific event dates in advance. The period from July to October describes the ceremonies and provides a time frame for the festival tradition.

Views from Saya River Sogokouen Park

A 13-meter-high observation tower stands in Saya River Sogokouen Park. From there, you can see the cityscape of Nagoya to the east and the Yoro and Suzuka mountain ranges to the west.

Owari Onsen Tokai Center and Its Springs

Owari Onsen Tokai Center in Kanie draws one hot spring and one cold spring from a depth of 1,200 meters. Both springs are used without adding water; the center uses 100% spring water in a free-flowing system.

Owari Onsen Tokai Center was the only hot spring facility in Aichi Prefecture selected for Japan’s list of 100 famous hot springs.

Culture, Scenery, or Hot Springs

Kanie’s main attractions are easy to distinguish: the Sunari Festival represents a tradition with a defined time frame, the park offers views between the city and the mountains, and Owari Onsen represents the extraction and use of two types of spring water. If you are considering Kanie as a travel destination, you can use these features to decide whether culture, views, or hot springs will be the deciding factor for your stay.

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