Inazawa
Inazawa stretches across the Nōbi Plain in Aichi Prefecture, where fertile lowland has supported rice farming and a dispersed pattern of settlements. The city forms part of the wider Nagoya metropolitan area, yet cultivated fields remain woven into its built-up districts. Its best-known tradition centres on Owari Ōkunitama Shrine, home to Hadaka Matsuri, a longstanding festival in which groups of men in traditional loincloths press toward a sacred participant believed to carry away misfortune. Inazawa is also associated with horticulture: local growers cultivate garden trees and bonsai, continuing an agricultural practice shaped by the productive plain.
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Inazawa spreads across the Nōbi Plain in western Aichi Prefecture, a broad lowland that has long linked the city with Nagoya’s agricultural and transport networks. It is closely associated with Konomiya Shrine, where the Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri takes place each winter: men in traditional fundoshi compete to touch the Shin-otoko, a sacred participant believed to carry away misfortune. Inazawa is also known for ginkgo cultivation, especially around Sobue, where autumn brings vivid yellow to its groves and streets. Its position between Nagoya and the Kiso River corridor gives the city a distinctly local, seasonal character. See how Inazawa fits into western Aichi by browsing webcams nearby.
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