# Sagami Giant Kite Festival
_相模の大凧まつり_

- **When:** Tue, May 4, 2027 10:00 – Wed, May 5, 2027 (JST)
- **Where:** 相模川新磯地区河川敷（新戸スポーツ広場ほか）, 相模原市南区 — 神奈川県相模原市南区新戸
- **Map:** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=35.5191536,139.4535765
- **Price:** Free entry
- **Category:** Matsuri & Festivals
- **Official site:** https://www.city.sagamihara.kanagawa.jp/
- **On Tokyo Events:** https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/sagami-giant-kite-festival

A tradition dating from the 1830s in which teams fly giant handmade kites over the Sagami River, the largest at Shinto measuring about 14.5 metres square. Around 165,000 people watched over the two days in 2025.

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Source: Tokyo Events — https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/sagami-giant-kite-festival