Niihama Taiko Matsuri is a festival to celebrate the harvest each October.It is also called Otoko Matsuri (Men's Festival).
There are over 50 taikodai (floats with a drum in the center) from different neighborhoods.
About 150 men carry the 5 meter, 2.5 ton floats and compete for awards.
Saijo Matsuri celebrates shrines and is October each year.
Many men carry one of danjiri (floats) through the town over two days.
Each danjiri is 5 meters tall and weighs 700 kilograms and is covered with
lanterns at night.
The danjiri (of ISONO) all meet at the end of the second day onthe banks of the Kamo river.