1. Takase, Yamagata City

・The 39th Yamagata Safflower Festival

The Yamagata Safflower Festival will be held with the Takase Safflower Community Center as its main venue.

At the festival, there will be safflower giveaways (for the first 200 people), experiences in cutting and picking safflowers, and safflower dyeing, as well as a display of local performing arts.

In addition, a safflower girl photo session and safflower viewing will be held at the Takasawa venue.

Please come and see the beautiful safflowers.

Date
July 13 (Sat.) and 14 (Sun.) 2024

Venue
Takase Safflower Community Center

2. Tendo City

・The 37th Oku no Hosomichi Tendo Safflower Festival

Matsuo Basho visited Tendo on July 13, 1689 and at the Kaminotsu safflower fields wrote the haiku:
“They make me recall
A lady’s powder puff—-
These saffron blossoms”

This year, approximately 10,000 safflowers will brilliantly color the fields.

During the festival, there will be a variety of experiences, sales of safflower sweets, a photography contest, and more.

Date
July 6 (Sat.) to July 14 (Sun,), 2024

Venue
Kaminukitsu safflower field
[We have moved to a new location about 400m south (towards Yamadera) from our previous location]

3. Nakayama Town

・2024 Kashiwakura Kuzaemon Family Safflower Festival

The safflower festival is held at the site of the Kashiwakura family’s wealthy farming estates, centered around the former Kashiwakura family (Kuzaemon family), an Important Cultural Property.

There will be safflower dyeing experiences, cut flower sales, and special exhibits featuring materials on safflower dyeing.

Additionally, at the third venue, Kashiwakura Yoshi Artist (Oka Enri), original food and drinks made with safflower will be on sale, and you can also experience making your own pizza.

Date
June 29 (Sat.) and 30 (Sun.) 2024

Hours
10:00~16:00
(Last admission 15:30)

Venues
・Important Cultural Property: Former Kashiwakura Family Residence (Kuzame Family)
・Town designated cultural property: Former residence of Soemon Kashiwakura and artist Kiyoshi Kashiwakura (Okaenri)
・Kashiwakura Seiemon family

4. Shirataka Town Events

・The 29th Shirataka Safflower Festival

The Shirataka Safflower Festival will be held at the main venue, the Shirataka Town Urban Development Complex Facility (Town Hall).

We will be selling delicious local foods, cut safflowers, and other safflower-related products.

In addition, there will be a number of experiences that can only be had here, such as safflower dyeing, safflower wind chime painting, and safflower spot painting.

The Mitaka City Tourism Association will be setting up a stall at the Intercity Product Market for the first time, selling Ghibli goods!

looking forward to!

Date
July 6 (Sat.) and 7 (Sun.), 2024

Venues
・Shirataka Town Urban Development Complex Facility (Shirataka Town Hall)
・Yamakyo Beni no Sato
・Benibana House
・Komatsu Textile Workshop
・Palace Matsukaze
・Italian Restaurant SIATTACA
・Arato Station Beninosato Shop
・Safflower fields all over the town

Contents
・Safflower Market (sales and experience)
・Various safflower exhibition (display of safflower-dyed kimonos, etc.)
・Safflower picking experience, dyeing experience, etc.

5. Kahoku Town

・Kahoku Town Safflower Museum Safflower Festival

The Safflower Festival is held at the Kahoku Town Safflower Museum.

A variety of events will be held, making it an event that can be enjoyed by everyone from children to adults.

There will be a variety of events, including workshops on safflower, Hayashi-ke Bugaku Court Dancing performances, Mizonobe Kozakura Seiryu Taiko drumming, and a Sea Jetter Kaito show for children to enjoy.

Please invite your family and friends to come and enjoy the event.

Date
July 6 (Sat.) and 7 (Sun.), 2024

Hours
9:00~20:00

Venue
Kahoku Town Safflower Museum

6. Yonezawa City

・Yonezawa Safflower Festival 2024

The Yonezawa Safflower Festival, which takes place throughout the month of July, will see a variety of events taking place on Saturday, July 20, the main-event day.

There will be plenty of events related to safflower, such as a safflower experience corner, research activity booths run by high school students, and a tasting and sale of winning entries from a safflower sweets contest, as well as plenty of other programs for children to enjoy.

There will also be stage events and food truck stalls.

looking forward to!

Date
July 20 (Sat.), 2024

Hours
10:00~15:00

Venue
Yamagami Community Center

7. Safflower dyeing experience

・Safflower dyeing experience in Kahoku Town

This is a report on the safflower dyeing experience at the Safflower Museum in Kahoku Town.

A vibrantly dyed silk handkerchief.

Please take a look at how the process works.