murmurKazo Citizens' Peace Festival (Giant Koinobori Carp Streamer Flight)
Kazo City · Tonegawa Riverside Green Park and other sites
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kazo City · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, May 3, 2026 （Ended） Main venue 9:00–15:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early May
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Usually in early May; moved to a reserve day if it rains
- Venue
- Tonegawa Riverside Green Park and other sites
- City
- Kazo City, Saitama
About
Kazo holds this festival to wish for safe, peaceful daily life and to give thanks for peace. The setting is the Tone River's riverside green park, bright with rapeseed blossoms, and the main event is the flight of a 100-meter "jumbo koinobori," said to be the world's largest carp streamer. The one flying today, the fourth version, was finished in 2014; it weighs about 330 kg, and its eyes and mouth measure 10 meters across. Carp streamers have been a local industry in Kazo since the Meiji era, and the first jumbo koinobori was made by the Kazo Junior Chamber for the 1988 Saitama Expo, taking to the air for the first time at the first Citizens' Peace Festival in 1989. There is also a peace ceremony, stage shows and food stalls.
Sources
- OfficialKazo City www.city.kazo.lg.jp
- OfficialKazo City Products and Tourism Association www.kazo-tourism.or.jp
- Reference【5月3日】第17回 加須市民平和祭開催！～ジャンボこいのぼり遊泳～ | 加須市物産観光協会 www.kazo-tourism.or.jp
Last checked: Oct 11, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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