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Nine Foxes and Kirana Festival | Held on August 10, 2025!
-A special memory of summer vacation where everyone shines~
While touching the nature, history and culture of Nasu, we will deliver such a day where everyone, from children to adults, can play a leading role through learning, experience, and play.
Together with Nasu, you can create special memories of "summer" to enjoy with your five senses, including drum performances and stage plays with the motif of the legendary Kuo fox, glittering Marche and hands-on workshops, and festival fair squares. Do you not?
Nine Foxes and Kirana Festival
- Overview
- Date and time: Sunday, August 10, 2025 10:00-20:00
Venue: Main Hall on the 2nd floor
Admission fee: Free of charge (anyone can enter. Non-stay guests are also welcome.
Remarks: A separate fee will be charged for use at some workshops and Marche (not included in all-inclusive).
One day of "learning, experience, play" touching nature and culture of Nasu
■ Stage performance
Set in Nasunoga Hara, a one-day stage by local organizations and artists is developed!
・Kuo Taiko, Performing Theater (Nasunogahara Kuhimedo)
・Yosakoi, Japanese dance, shamisen, erhu
・Dance, kung fu experience, basketball performance, Okinawa musical instrument performance, toast with milk, finale performance, etc.
■ MARCHE
Approximately 50 stores gather, including the first anniversary goods of Nasunogahara Ehimedo!
・Stores full of local attractions such as handmade miscellaneous goods, rice balls, coffee, vegetables, fortune-telling, beauty treatment experiences, etc. are lined up!
■ Workshop
Perfect for summer vacation! There are plenty of experiences that stimulate creativity
・Making small items using Oya stone
・Decoration of original cloth clothes and masks
・Production of dried flowers, driftwood art, icing cookies
・Booths in Nasu, Nasushiobara and Ohtawara are also available!
■ Second-hand book market (chick bookstore)
You can keep "books of memories" and "books that could not be organized", etc., and you can also assess and purchase at a later date.
※If you wish, please bring a copy of your ID card (keeping it with the book)
■ Fair square
Enjoy the festive atmosphere with Garapon, shooting and crane games!
・A chance to win hotel accommodation tickets (2 meals per night) and special products and tourist facility goods from the Nasu area!
・"Garapon lottery free ticket" only once per person (* distributed on the day)
In addition:
・"Child Counseling Room" by clinical psychologists
・You can also meet LOVOT!
A day filled with the nature and culture of Nasu and hot local performances!
Please enjoy the stage where rhythm, tradition, creation and experience intersect.
| Time | Contents |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Balloon Performance (Balloon Fairy) |
| 10:25 | Yosakoi (Sanzo Tosando) |
| 10:45 | Nasu Shikisei Stone Kuo Fox Performance Theater (Nasunogahara Ehimedo) |
| 11:15 | White-faced Kinge Kuo Taiko Performance (Kuo Taiko Preservation Society) |
| 11:35 | Toast with milk |
| 11:50 | Japanese dance (Mai no Kai) |
| 12:35 | Erhu Performance (SORA) |
| 13:10 | Dance (Global Fushu) |
| 13:35 | Shamisen performance (Narita Shigeaki) |
| 15:00 | Nasu Shikisei Stone Kuo Fox Performance Theater (Nasunogahara Ehimedo) |
| 16:00 | Kunghu Kunghu Experience (Global Fushu) |
| 16:55 | Basketball Performance (Pony) |
| 17:40 | Okinawa Musical Instrument Performance (Nasuno Sanshin no Kai Nukurunai ~) |
| 20:00 | Erhu Performance (SORA) ※Finale performance |
※The stage schedule is scheduled as of July 13, 2025.
It is subject to change depending on the progress of the day. Thank you for your understanding.
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[Support]
Nasu Town Board of Education / Nasushiobara City Board of Education / Otawara City Board of Education / Shimono Shimbun
[Sponsoring]
Tochigi Dairy Cooperative / Tentaka Sake Brewery / Daily Farm Mount Fuji / Nasu Animal Kingdom / Nasu World Monkey Park / Kuma Coffee / SKS Produced Kotobuki / Nasunogahara Ehimedo / Cafe Salon Kiranasu
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A part of the opening fee for this event will be used as a fund for operating the Children's Cafeteria Sakuru Garden.
Thank you for your warm support for local connections and the future of children.