Chiryu Shrine

The “two-storey pagoda” built on the grounds is a national important cultural asset, and antique art, masks for court dancing and music and Noh masks, and so on are prefecturally designated cultural properties, while the lion head for the lion dance and nine other items are municipally designated cultural properties.
“Chiryu Festival,” an annual celebration, is held on May 2 and 3, and five floats, which are featured every other year, are simply gorgeous and dazzle viewers’ eyes. The float Bunraku and the wind-up dolls performing at this time are also prefecturally designated cultural properties, which convey traditional folkloric culture to the present time.

Furthermore, sixty different types of Japanese irises in “Chiryu Park” in the outer garden were donated by the imperial Meiji Shrine, and more than 30,000 gorgeous colorful irises attract many visitors during the Japanese Iris Festival in June.