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Updated: November 1, 2024
4 Kiba, Koto City, Tokyo
2024-10-20
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Eastern Tokyo
Kiyosumi Shirakawa
Note: The 2024 installment of this event has already taken place.
The Kiba area derives its name from the former timber wholesalers’ lumberyards that used be here (Kiba Park). (Kiba literally means "lumberyard.")
Kiba no kakunori, or square log rolling, developed as a folk art, deriving from the process of timber raft professionals’ skill in maneuvering the wood using just a single fire hook.
Each year, as part of its residents' festival, Koto-ku holds the “Koto-ku Folk Performing Arts Festival” in Kiba Park, to keep up the traditions of local folk art during which the public can view the “Kiba no kakunori.”
Why not visit the venue on the day to watch raftsmen roll and ride the square logs floating in the water?
Please check the official event website for the latest updates on opening dates and times, prices, and other information.