A citizen-participatory festival that enriches the heart and soul.
The Koshu Highway runs through Hachioji, lined for four kilometers with around 770 ginkgo trees from the Oiwake area to Takao Station. The trees decorate the area all year with different colors and looks. In autumn in particular, the ginkgo leaves turn bright gold, creating a beautiful scene for strolling amid the crisp air. Ichou Festa was established as a venue where those living along the Koshu Highway, longtime and newer residents of Hachioji at large, students, and all people young and old can interact and together enjoy the nature and culture of Hachioji. The festival aims to energize and broaden the city’s development while enabling residents to participate in an array of activities and performances. Unlike many festivals, Ichou Festa was created and is run by the residents themselves, and offers a unique experience for all visitors and participants.
History of Ichou Festival
2024 45th Festival Visitors: 401,000
Say YES！Connect Together！
2023 44th Festival Visitors: 406,000
Say YES！Shine Together！
2022 43th Festival Visitors: 210,000
Say YES！Walk Together！
2021 42th Festival Visitors: 455,000
Say YES！Restart Together！
2020 41th Festival Visitors: 60,000
Say Yes！Next Step Together！
2019 40th Festival Visitors: 497,000
Say YES！40 Years Together！
2018 39th Festival Visitors: 520,000
Say YES！Happy together！
2017 38th Festival Visitors: 503,000
Say YES！Smile together！
2016 37th Festival Visitors: 493,000
Say YES！ Challenge together！！
2015 36th Festival Visitors: 522,000
Say YES！Start together！
2014 35th Festival Visitors: 521,000
Global promotion of the Icho Matsuri
International exchange with people from around the world
2013 34th Festival Visitors: 519,000
Dreams, history, and the romantic road
Hachioji 800 years
2012 33th Festival Visitors: 322,000
33rd. Looking towards the future
Broadcasting from Hachioji!
2011 32th Festival Visitors: 281,000
Deliver our spirit!
From Hachioji
2010 31th Festival Visitors: 338,000
Let's find the lucky yellow ginkgo leaves.
2009 30th Festival Visitors: 302,000
Song of hope, door to the future
2008 29th Festival Visitors: 323,000
Let's walk and have fun♩Ginkgo Avenue
2007 28th Festival Visitors: 326,000
Hachioji is exciting right now!
2006 27th Festival Visitors: 253,000
Walk through the Showa Era, learn from the Showa Era
2005 26th Festival Visitors: 303,000
A unique festival in a retro town
2004 25th Festival Visitors: 322,000
"Let's nurture" the citizens' festival
Stars of the next generation, everyone's wishes
2003 24th Festival Visitors: 310,000
Welcome to Festival Street
2002 23th Festival Visitors: 187,000
Ichiyo-Raifuku - Dream and dwell here
2001 22th Festival Visitors: 301,000
Let's create a festival for the new century
To the children who will lead the 21st century
2000 21th Festival Visitors: 317,000
Farewell to the 20th Century
1999 20th Festival Visitors: 288,000
Walking, talking, and heart-pounding 20
1998 19th Festival Visitors: 278,000
From the sunset town to a new century of hope
1997 18th Festival Visitors: 316,000
Coloring the passing autumn
1996 17th Festival Visitors: 343,500
Ignite our hearts in this town
1995 16th Festival Visitors: 278,000
Starting with a smile, the next 50 years
1994 15th Festival Visitors: 232,000
We are the Cosmic Family
1993 14th Festival Visitors: 175,000
Welcome to Festival Street
1992 13th Festival Visitors: 290,000
Let's see, let's hear, let's walk
1991 12th Festival Visitors: 280,000
The golden performance avenue
1990 11th Festival Visitors: 275,000
Stepping into the Heisei Era
1989 10th Festival Visitors: 227,000
Ginkgo Avenue is the dream road
Children's dreams, dolls' dreams, your dreams
1988 9th Festival Visitors:
Due to the illness of Emperor Showa, the festival was canceled despite most preparations being completed.
1987 8th Festival Visitors: 330,000
Style, dreams, let's weave them together
1986 7th Festival Visitors: 245,000
Let's craft four harmonies
People, nature, the community, and the world
1985 6th Festival Visitors: 235,000
Let's find the goodness of our hometown
Let's create a blooming town
1984 5th Festival Visitors: 264,000
Enshrinement of the academic city symbol
1983 4th Festival Visitors: 245,000
International Community Year
1982 3th Festival Visitors: 218,000
Vehicle Time Tunnel
1981 2th Festival Visitors: 196,000
The 70th year of the Taisho Era
1979 1th Festival Visitors: 165,000
The golden time tunnel