Asanogawa 「Sasa Nagashi」 will be held on July 9 (Sat) and 10 (Sun) this year 【Kanazawa Event】

「Sasanagashi」, one of the 「Three Streams of the Asanogawa」 along with 「Koi Nagashi」 in May and 「Kaga Yuzen Toronagashi」 in June, will be held on July 9 (Sat.) and 10 (Sun.).

「Tanabata Festival Parade」 and 「Tanzaku Decorating Experience」 by children

The Asano River 「Sasa Nagashi」 is held every year on the Saturday and Sunday near July 7, and this year the event is scheduled to be held on July 9 (Sat.) and 10 (Sun.). The 「Sasa-nagashi」 is based on a tradition that wishes written on tanzaku (paper strips) will be fulfilled by the flow of the Asanogawa River.

At 6 o’clock in the evening, children parade around the town in a 「Tanabata parade」 carrying bamboo branches decorated with Tanabata ornaments, and when they reach Umeno Bridge, they throw them into the Asano River.

The tanzaku decorations on the bamboos are made from 「paper that couldn’t be a box」, a product developed by Nanao City package manufacturer 「Aska Shoji」 that utilizes scrap wood from the paper box manufacturing process.

There are also ways for non-locals to participate in the 「Sasa nagashi」. In the 「Tanzaku Decorating Experience」, visitors can write their wishes on the tanzaku strips of paper provided at the tanzaku decoration booth in the Hashiba-cho green area and decorate the bamboo branches (the program will end when all the strips of paper are gone). The bamboos will be decorated at Ume-no-Bashi on the 9th and 10th. The participation fee is a 「donation」 and there is no set amount, and the money will be donated to nearby children’s kindergartens and kindergartens.

In case of stormy weather, the event will be cancelled, but if it rains a little, it will go ahead. Incidentally, the weekly weather forecast is calling for light rain on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th.

Access

To reach the Hashiba-cho Green Area, it is a 1-minute walk from the 「Hashiba-cho」 bus stop, a 4-minute walk from the Owari-cho bus stop, and a 5-minute walk from the 「Misogura-cho」 bus stop. Walking toward Higashiyama from the bus stop, you will find it just before the Asanogawa Bridge. To reach Umenobashi, it is a 5-minute walk from the 「Hashiba-cho」 bus stop on the Castle Town Kanazawa Shuttle Bus, Hokuriku Railway Route Bus, and Nishinippon JR Bus, and a short walk from the 「Umenobashi」 bus stop on the Kanazawa Flat Bus Zaimoku Route.