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Call for Volunteer Staff — Echizen Asakura Mantouya 2026
We are looking for volunteer staff for “Echizen Asakura Mantouya 2026,” an event that lights up the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins — a nationally designated Special Historic Site — with 15,000 candles.Come help create a summer night together, surrounded by the history and culture of the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, a treasure of Fukui…
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NEW A local set meal before Mantouya — two days only at Asakura Mizu-no-Eki
On your way to Mantouya, stop at Michi-no-Eki Ichijodani Asakura Mizu-no-Eki for a set meal made with local ingredients. The plan runs on two days only: Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August. A seven-dish meal, with an advance ticket for Mantouya It is called a brunch plan, but it is served as a light…
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NEW See where the buses and trains are right now
Trains and buses to Ichijodani do not run very often. Standing at a stop, you may well have wondered when the next bus was due, or whether you had just missed it. To help with getting around on the day, we have added two new pages to this site. At the stop: Departures Departures…
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NEW Mantouya painted in ink: The Asakura Clan x Miroku exhibition opens 2 August
Right next to the Mantouya venue, at the Asakura Gallery beside the south entrance of the Restored Townscape in the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, an ink painting exhibition titled “The Asakura Clan × Miroku” opens on 2 August and runs until 31 August. Admission is free. Mantouya, painted in ink The centrepiece of the…
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NEW Three weeks to go: the committee met to prepare
The organising committee met on 29 July. On both Mantouya nights, the free Karamon-go shuttle will run into the night around the site.
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The Echizen Asakura Sengoku Festival is held at the same time
On Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23, 2026, the 56th Echizen Asakura Sengoku Festival and the 23rd Echizen Asakura Mantouya will be held together at the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins. This year also marks the 55th anniversary of the site’s designation as a Special Historic Site and the 35th anniversary of its designation…
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The 2026 flyer is here
The flyer for Echizen Asakura Mantouya 2026 is complete. This year’s theme is “A prayerful light in the capital of the Warring States.” We look forward to seeing you at the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins on Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23. The back of the flyer shows the program for both days,…
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One Wish at a Time — Message Cups by Miyama Elementary Students
Every summer, tens of thousands of lights fill the Ichijodani valley for the Echizen Asakura Mantouya festival. Ahead of this year’s event on August 22–23, children across the city have begun making their message cups. On July 8, 32 fifth- and sixth-graders at Miyama Elementary School drew their dreams and wishes on the cups…
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We held an organizing committee meeting!
Thank you very much for your continued warm support of the Echizen Asakura Mantoya Festival.We recently held a meeting of the Echizen Asakura Mantoya Festival Executive Committee to discuss the operational details for this year’s event. Thank you very much for your continued warm support of the Echizen Asakura Mantoya Festival. We recently held…
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