During late March - mid April
At the Cherry Blossom Festival held at
about two thousand Someiyoshino are in full bloom.
Shimizu Park was chosen as one of '100 best sakura viewing points in Japan'
by Nihon Sakura no Kai Foundation(literally, association for cherry blossoms in Japan)in March 1990.
During late April - early May
At the Azalea Festival held at
about 100 kinds of 20,000 azaleas in total are in full bloom,
including Yamato azalea and mochi azalea.
Some of them are 300 years old, and an azalea garden seen
from the observation deck is a magnificent view.
In mid-April
In Noda City Sekiyado Castle Sakura Festival which is held around Sekiyado Castle Museum and
at Sekiyado Nikoniko Waterside Square, events such as samurai queue
and Hinawaju(English: matchlock gun)performance entertain the visitors.
In late July
This parade started when it was held as a project commemorating the 40th anniversary of the municipal administration in 1990,
and it is established as Noda 's summer tradition.
On the day of the parade, people parade around Honmachi Street,
carrying about 10 unique mikoshis such as ones of frogs and lions gathered from various parts of the city.
In early August
Every year, this festival is held for 2 days mainly in Honmachi Street.
Various events in each local shopping area are held besides a bamboo decoration contest,
a dance parade and Yosakoi Contest, and the festival attracts many tourists from both within and outside of Japan
In late August
At Sekiyado Fureai Hiroba in a riverside of the Edo River, fun activities such as Bon festival dance,
fireworks, character shows and games are planned, and it is hot with people’s excitement.
In July
It is a famous festival held in Sekiyado Daimachi, Noda City every year.
About 900,000 sunflowers, which bloom in about a nine-hectare paddy field, look great in July.
You can be free to take sunflowers in bloom home during the period, so please bring tools such as work gloves and clippers.
In mid-October
It is the annual autumn event which introduces Noda City's commerce and industry to its citizens at Noda City Culture Center.
There, factory tours and an outdoor exhibition and spot sale are held, and an opportunity
to enhance communication between citizen and commercial and industrial workers are offered.
In September
It includes all delicious food in the city!
Also, it is a cooking contest comprised of ingredients such as vegetables and meat produced in Noda city.
Many eateries in the city join in this event!!
Let's eat a lot and vote for delicious shops.
They sell fresh vegetables and others.
In mid-July
It is said that Tsuku Mai Dance is a folk event, a ritual of amagoi(praying for rain)which is held on the equinoctial day of Noda Sanga town's summer festival.
On an about 14-meter-high pillar, performers called Jujirosan perform wonderful feats by releasing arrows and inverting.
Just as last year, two Jujirosans played this year, too.
( a Chiba prefectural intangible folk cultural property )
In mid-July
This entertainment is composed of three parts, Bojutsu (stick fighting), Iai-jutsu (technique of drawing real swords), and Shishimai, and it was called "Child Sasara Mai"
in ancient times.
It is said that this name derives from the fact that the sound of the drum Shishimai beats sounds like "Bapaca, Bapaka".
Bojutsu, Iai-jutsu, and Shishimai together are very visually appealing.
(a Chiba prefectural intangible folk cultural property)