Come fly a kite!
- Date
- 2016 date - April 3rd
OVERVIEW
Get outside and enjoy the fresh air, while watching the swooping and gliding of beautiful kites!
Unlike other kite-flying festivals where flight height determines score, this festival focuses on the skill of cutting opponents’ kite strings. Hence, kites are made with a strong X-frame and diamond shape, and strings are reinforced with traditionally-made fiberglass.
The tournament is believed to have begun around the end of the 18th Century, whilst kite-making is recorded to have been introduced by Indonesian workers (who accompanied Dutch traders) in mid to late 15th century. Originally there were between 200-300 designs, each individually named after their unique pattern. Today only 50 traditional red, blue and white patterns remain, which are still used today.
Tournaments are held in various parks around Nagasaki city on the same day, including Mt. Kazagashira, Mt. Tohakkei, Mt. Konpira and Mt Inasa. At the Tohakkei location, you can enjoy parent-child kite-making workshops and various family-friendly events.
- AREA
- Nagasaki City
- CATEGORY
- Sports
- Festivals & Traditional Culture
- History & Culture
MAP
Oura-Machi
Glover Garden
ANA CROWNEPLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
ANA CROWNE PLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
NAGASAKI HOTEL MONTEREY
Nagasaki International Cruise Ship Terminal
HOTEL NEW TANDA
Tokiwa-Machi
Yatarou / Yatarou Minamikan
Nagasaki Hotel Marine World
Richmond Hotel
Hotel JALCity Nagasaki
nagasaki shinchi terminal
Shinchi Chinatown
Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
Victoria Inn Nagasaki
VICTORIA INN NAGASAKI
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
Hamano-Machi
Hotel Arc inn Tennen
Dejima
Nagasaki Dejima Wharf
Alcoa-Dori
HOTEL BELLEVIEW NAGASAKI-DEJIMA
Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge)
CAPSULE IN KOYOKAN
APA HOTEL Nagasaki-Ekiminami
Chisun Grand Nagasaki
Sakamotoya
HOTEL IKEDA
Doragon Promenade
HOTEL PASSAGE KINKAI
NAGASAKI I・K HOTEL
NAGASAKI I.K HOTEL
Fujiwara Ryokan
HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
Shindaiku-Machi
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
Hotel Sainthill Nagasaki
Business Royal hotel
HOTEL WINGPORT NAGASAKI
Fujiwara Ryokan
Nagasaki Tourist Information Center
HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKI EKIMAE
HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKIEKIMAE
Daikoku-Machi
Nagasaki Hotele Ihokan
Nagasaki Orion Hotel
Ken-ei Bus Terminal
HOTEL NAGASAKI
Garden terrace Nagasaki Hotel&Resorts;
Garden Terrace Nagasaki Hotels & Resorts
NAGASAKI NISSHOKAN
nagasaki Hotel seifu
NISSHOKAN BETTEI KOUYOUTEI
NISSHOKAN SHINKAN BAISHOKAKU
The Hotel Nagasaki BW Premier Collection
- NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
- 1Nagasaki Kite-flying Tournament
- 2Mt. Nabekanmuri
- 3Oura-Machi
- 4Confucian Shrine & Historical Museum of ...
- 5Glover Garden
- 6Glover Garden
- 7Oura Cathedral
- 8ANA CROWNEPLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
- 9ANA CROWNE PLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
- 10Maruyama Hana Festival (Maruyama Women's...
- 11Gunkanjima Digital Museum
- 12Nagasaki Glass
- 13NAGASAKI HOTEL MONTEREY
- 14Nagasaki Peiron Championship & Port Fest...
- 15Nagasaki International Cruise Ship Terminal
- 16HOTEL NEW TANDA
- 17Tokiwa-Machi
- 18Yatarou / Yatarou Minamikan
- 19Nagasaki Hotel Marine World
- 20Richmond Hotel
- 21Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
- 22Sofukuji
- 23Hotel JALCity Nagasaki
- 24Shianbashi & Doza
- 25Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
- 26 Nagasaki Lantern Festival
- 27nagasaki shinchi terminal
- 28Shinchi Chinatown
- 29Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival
- 30Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
- 31Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
- 32Victoria Inn Nagasaki
- 33VICTORIA INN NAGASAKI
- 34Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
- 35Hamano-Machi
- 36Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
- 37Nagasaki Port and Nagasaki Seaside Park ...
- 38Hotel Arc inn Tennen
- 39Dejima (Desima, Deshima) - Site of the F...
- 40Dejima
- 41Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi
- 42Nagasaki Dejima Wharf
- 43The Spirit Boat Procession / Shourounagashi
- 44Alcoa-Dori
- 45New Year's Eve along Temple Street in Na...
- 46Teramachi-dori (Temple Street)
- 47HOTEL BELLEVIEW NAGASAKI-DEJIMA
- 48Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge)
- 49Nakashima River Summer Festival
- 50Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge)
- 51Internship Opportunity
- 52CAPSULE IN KOYOKAN
- 53Kofukuji
- 54APA HOTEL Nagasaki-Ekiminami
- 55Chisun Grand Nagasaki
- 56Sakamotoya
- 57Takengei (Wakamiya Inari Shrine's Autumn...
- 58HOTEL IKEDA
- 59Doragon Promenade
- 60HOTEL PASSAGE KINKAI
- 61DiGJAPAN App
- 62NAGASAKI I・K HOTEL
- 63NAGASAKI I.K HOTEL
- 64Santo Domingo Church Museum
- 65Fujiwara Ryokan
- 66Nakamachi Church
- 67The Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
- 68HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
- 69HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
- 70Shindaiku-Machi
- 71Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
- 72Nagasaki Embroidery
- 73Hotel Sainthill Nagasaki
- 74Memorials to Saint Kolbe Hongochi Church...
- 75Business Royal hotel
- 76HOTEL WINGPORT NAGASAKI
- 77Shofukuji
- 78Fujiwara Ryokan
- 79Nagasaki Tourist Information Center
- 80HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKI EKIMAE
- 81HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKIEKIMAE
- 82Fukusaiji
- 83Daikoku-Machi
- 84Suwa Shrine
- 85Nagasaki Hotele Ihokan
- 86Nagasaki Orion Hotel
- 87Ken-ei Bus Terminal
- 88HOTEL NAGASAKI
- 89Site of the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints o...
- 90Garden terrace Nagasaki Hotel&Resorts;
- 91Garden Terrace Nagasaki Hotels & Resorts
- 92Siebold Memorial Museum
- 93Nagasaki "Otakusa" Hydrangea Festival
- 94NAGASAKI NISSHOKAN
- 95Shindenan Autumn Public Viewing
- 96Shindenan Spring Public Viewing
- 97nagasaki Hotel seifu
- 98NISSHOKAN BETTEI KOUYOUTEI
- 99NISSHOKAN SHINKAN BAISHOKAKU
- 100The Hotel Nagasaki BW Premier Collection
