With cheerful shouts of “yassa, mossa”
“Yassa Festival” that little children parade carrying mikoshi portable shrines and dancing is the Yugawara Spa’s greatest event.

“Yassa Festival” which is said to be started from “Kampei’s Dance” which Yugawara’s feudal lord “Kampei Doi Jiro” who played a big role for the revival of Genji clan and danced in order to settle worried people.

After Kamakura Shogunate establishment, Kampei which was highly esteemed his abilities was dispatched to Aki country (Hiroshima) for securing peace and order to the surrounding area of Seto Inland Sea, and again resulted in successful.

After his death, his people missed him of his good behavior the dance currently called Mihara Yassa was formed as remembrance of the memory of him.

“Kampei’s dance” was forgotten for a long time, however Mihara Yassa dance recalled Kampei and revived as “Yugawara Yassa Dance” among townsmans.

Yugawara Yassa Festival
August 2 Friday and 3 Saturday 2013

Friday, August 2
Course:
Yugawara Elementary School – Sakuragi Park
[time] from 18:00 to 21:00
rain day: August 4, Sunday
• Girl Scouts Kanagawa league ninth group
• Yugawara Junior High School brass band club
• Ikebukuro Yassa dance
• Contest of the Yassa Dance (families with their children, adults groups), classical version
• Mikoshi portable shrine
• Festival cars

August 3, Saturday
[course] Streets to Makuyama Park
[time] from 18:00 to 19:30
rain day: August 6, Tuesday
• Girl Scouts Kanagawa league ninth group
• Yugawara Junior High School brass band club
• Contest of the Yassa dance for new song
• Mikoshi portable shrine
• Festival cars

Yugawara Onsen Fireworks Show July 15, 2013 Monday (holiday), August 3 Saturday.
[the date] * twice
rain day on July 15 on Monday (holiday): Thursday, July 18
on August 6 Tuesdayspare and August 3 Saturday
[time] from 8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
[place] Yugawara beach offing
[fireworks launching amount] approximately 5,000

* For regular private car please use parking in the Education Center.
Education Center (200 max) 100 yen/hour
Address 2-21-3, Chuo, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa

* Please make sure the info you see is the latest in advance.