Iwata Cultural Property Festival 2026

About this event

Held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Buried Cultural Properties Center, the "Iwata Cultural Property Festival 2026" is an event where visitors can experience the rich cultural properties of Iwata City across two venues: the Buried Cultural Properties Center and the Historical Archives. At the Buried Cultural Properties Center, exhibition commentaries will unravel Iwata's history from the Paleolithic period to the early modern period through excavated artifacts. There will also be hands-on archery experiences where participants can feel like Jomon people, as well as a vocational experience related to cultural property division work (advance registration required). At the Historical Archives, a special opening for the feature exhibition "Iwata, the City of Sports: Sumo and Iwata in Historical Records" traces the history of sumo through historical documents dating from the Edo period. In connection with this special exhibition, a history study session (advance registration required) and the "Hometown History Expedition" (advance registration required)—which includes a tour of the repository, a workshop on crafting Edo-period letters, and a tonton paper-sumo experience—will also be held. On the same day, the "Library Festival 2026" will be concurrently held at the Central Library, featuring picture book and street performance events, along with a keyword rally that includes the Buried Cultural Properties Center, offering full-day enjoyment.

Venue

Iwata City Buried Cultural Properties Center

3678-1 Mitsuke, Iwata, Shizuoka 438-0086