Six pairs of lanterns, the largest measuring 10 metres, raised on the fourth weekend of every August.
The Mikawa Isshiki Ō-chōchin Matsuri brings six pairs of giant paper lanterns into the square, twelve in all; the largest, belonging to the Mahama group, measures about 10 metres in length and 5.6 in diameter. The lanterns already existed in a small form in the Kanbun period (1661–1672) and reached their present size in the Bunka period (1804–1818): the festival is held every year on the fourth Saturday of August and the Sunday that follows, and the lanterns are designated a prefectural folk cultural property.
It is a neighbourhood shrine in Isshiki, on the coast of Mikawa Bay; for the rest of the year it remains a place of local worship, with the August festival as its only time of large crowds.
ℹ️ No gate closing time found on the official website: it seems to be a small local shrine that is always open. Festival: Saturday 8:30–11:00 raising of the lanterns, 19:00 lighting; Sunday 10:30 main ceremony, 17:00 the lanterns are lowered.
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