Little Edo Sawara

Little Edo Sawara Katori City’s English Page showcasing life as a CIR in a Little Edo town in Chiba Prefecture

Starting this month, I will be uploading a monthly newsletter in both English and Japanese to Facebook and Instagram! My...
22/04/2026

Starting this month, I will be uploading a monthly newsletter in both English and Japanese to Facebook and Instagram! My predecessor at City Hall here in Katori had been doing the same during his tenure, and while I have also been writing newsletters each month since getting here, so far they have only been shared within City Hall (I have been writing them in Japanese only up to this point).

Writing is something I enjoy doing periodically, so please take a look if you enjoy this sort of content! This month's theme is flowers and Japanese "Hanakotoba" (the language of flowers)!

For those of you learning Japanese, try and maybe read the Japanese version too!

今年度から、月に一回の頻度でニュースレターをFacebookとインスタに投稿することにしました！私の前任者も香取市役所に在職中の期間同じことをしていましたし、仕事に就いてから私も毎月ニュースレターを作成しているが、今までは市役所内でしかシェアしていません（今まで英語に翻訳したことがなかったからですが…）

時々の執筆が楽しいので、もしこういうコンテンツがお好きであれば是非是非読んでみてください！今月のテーマは「お花」と日本特有の「花言葉」です！

英語を勉強中の皆さん、英語版もぜひ読んでみてください！
日本語を勉強している皆さん、日本語版に挑戦してみてはいかがでしょうか！

21/04/2026

It isn’t quite festival season yet, but the months are passing quickly and before you know it, the Sawara Grand Festival will be right around the corner!🎊🎑

The Suigo Sawara Float Museum is home to a collection of Sawara Grand Festival memorabilia dating as far back as the Edo Period! The main attraction however is the float viewing room, where you can take a look at two of the floats that will be used in the next festival year round! The float museum was one of the first places I visited in Sawara, and the floats leave me in awe each time I go back😮

The Suigo Sawara Float Museum is open from 9:00 to 16:30 daily, and is closed on Monday (except on holidays where the museum will instead be closed on the next weekday that isn’t a holiday). Take a look and get ready for the festival season!

The Sawara Grand Festival for Summer of 2026 will go from July 10th (Friday) through July 12th (Sunday)! If you’re overseas or in a different part of Japan, now’s the time to start making your plans to come!!

#佐原の大祭

Suigo Sawara Ayame Park is gearing up for its yearly Iris Festival from 5/23 to 6/21, but in the meantime, you can go to...
20/04/2026

Suigo Sawara Ayame Park is gearing up for its yearly Iris Festival from 5/23 to 6/21, but in the meantime, you can go to take a look at beautiful wisteria flowers! The Wisteria Viewing Event kicked off this past Saturday (4/18) and will be going on until 5/6! Visit Suigo Sawara Ayame Park to take a look at the flowers hung up throughout the park! I personally have never had the chance to see wisteria in person (to my knowledge), so I am very excited to check it out next Tuesday! I'll be taking some new pictures and posting them here as well so stay tuned and come out to Katori City if you are able to!

Here are some photos from last Thursday, the final day of the Shikinen Jinkosai!!⛩️⛩️🐴🐴What an awesome experience to get...
20/04/2026

Here are some photos from last Thursday, the final day of the Shikinen Jinkosai!!⛩️⛩️🐴🐴

What an awesome experience to get to see this historic event in my first year here in Katori City! The festival was a huge success! A huge thanks to the Tourism and Commerce Division at City Hall that worked tirelessly to make this event happen, as well as to everyone who was able to make it out for the festivities😊

Looking forward to a great rest of the spring and summer, and keep your eyes out for more events in Katori City in the coming months!✨

20/04/2026

Here’s some footage from last Thursday, the final day of the Shikinen Jinkosai!!⛩️⛩️🐴🐴

What an awesome experience to get to see this historic event in my first year here in Katori City! The festival was a huge success! A huge thanks to the tourism and commerce division at City Hall that worked tirelessly to make this event happen, as well as to everyone who was able to make it out for the festivities😊

Looking forward to a great rest of the spring and summer, and keep your eyes out for more events in Katori City in the coming months!✨

Photos from the first day of Katori Jingu Shrine's Shikinen Jinkosai, a festival that occurs only once every 12 years in...
17/04/2026

Photos from the first day of Katori Jingu Shrine's Shikinen Jinkosai, a festival that occurs only once every 12 years in the year of the horse!🐴⛩

Over 3000 shrine parishioners lead a parade around the Sawara and Katori locales, boarding riverboats and carrying an Omikoshi containing the god enshrined at Katori Jingu Shrine all around the area!

Both days of the event was forecasted to rain, but we ended up miraculously with bright sunshine on both days (especially day 2)!

Enjoy the photos and videos I've put together of day 1 right now and keep your eyes peeled in the next few days for pics and videos of day 2!!

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it out on this historic occasion!

17/04/2026

Here is some footage from the second half of the first day of the Shikinen Jinkosai (Wednesday 4/15)!!⛩️🐴

The Omikoshi arrived back to the bank of the Tone River via boat after connecting with the boat from Kashima! The procession left the riverbank and headed down into Sawara’s iconic old townscape, where the parade ended for the evening with the Omikoshi placed safely in its resting place for the night!

I still want to show you all my footage from the second day, so stay tuned for more Jinkosai in the coming days!!

16/04/2026

Yesterday the long anticipated Shikinen Jinkosai finally began!!⛩️

I’ve got so much footage that I’m going to have to split the first day up into two separate posts, but here is a look at the first half of the day yesterday!

The procession and Omikoshi holding the god enshrined at Katori Jingu Shrine departed the Shrine yesterday morning, and made their way up the original pilgrimage route to the Tone River at Tsunomiya Toriigashi 🌊

More videos to come on Instagram soon and I will be uploading pictures in batches to Facebook starting tomorrow as well, so look forward to that!!🐴🐴

14/04/2026

Tomorrow (4/15) the Shikinen Jinkosai finally kicks off at Katori Jingu!!🐴

Come out for this once in 12 year festival, which will be taking place in Sawara from 4/15 (Wed) to 4/16 (Thur)!!

Today (4/14), the day before the Shikinen Jinkosai was the Katori Jingu Shikinen Taisai, a special version of one of Katori Jingu’s biggest festivals, the “Reisai”. The doors to the “Hon-den”, part of Katori Jingu’s iconic jet-black shrine were opened, visitors were treated to Kagura performances and parishioners welcomed the god of Katori Jingu! ⛩️

We are so excited for the festivities tomorrow, and we hope you will come out to witness this historic Shikinen Jinkosai!!✨

Tomorrow (4/15) the Shikinen Jinkosai finally kicks off at Katori Jingu!🐴Come out for this once in 12 year festival, whi...
14/04/2026

Tomorrow (4/15) the Shikinen Jinkosai finally kicks off at Katori Jingu!🐴
Come out for this once in 12 year festival, which will be taking place in Sawara from 4/15 (Wed) to 4/16 (Thur)!! Check out the pinned posts on our profile for transportation information and the schedule!

Today (4/14), the day before the Shikinen Jinkosai was the Katori Jingu Shikinen Taisai, a special version of one of Katori Jingu's biggest festivals, the "Reisai". The doors to the "Hon-den", part of Katori Jingu's iconic jet-black shrine were opened, visitors were treated to Kagura performances and parishioners welcomed the god of Katori Jingu! ⛩

We are so excited for the festivities tomorrow, and we hope you will come out to witness this historic Shikinen Jinkosai!!

Trying to get to Katori City for the Shikinen Jinkosai, but not sure how best to get here? Take a look at the Katori Cit...
13/04/2026

Trying to get to Katori City for the Shikinen Jinkosai, but not sure how best to get here? Take a look at the Katori City Official Website's page for the Shikinen Jinkosai (linked below) for all of the information in one place!

https://www.city.katori.lg.jp/sightseeing/multilingual/en/en-season/en-sawara/en-s_event/en-s_jinko.html

香取神宮の式年神幸祭に行きたいけどアクセスの仕方が分かりません？
香取市の公式ホームページに式年神幸祭の交通情報などが記載してありますので、
そういう方は下のリンクをご参考下さい！

https://www.city.katori.lg.jp/sightseeing/gyoji/haru/sikinenjinkosai.html

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Ro-2127番地
Katori-shi, Chiba
287-0001

営業時間

月曜日 09:00 - 17:00
火曜日 09:00 - 17:00
水曜日 09:00 - 17:00
木曜日 09:00 - 17:00
金曜日 09:00 - 17:00

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https://www.city.katori.lg.jp/sightseeing/annai/kokusai_koryuin.html

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