Takisan Temple Devil Festival (The Nearest Saturday to January 7 of the Lunar Calendar) This festival began as a petition to Minamoto Yoritomo for good harvest. It was stopped for a while but was restarted under the third-generation Tokugawa, Iemitsu. A procession starts from about 2 p.m. followed by a memorial service and a sword-swinging ritual to drive away the evil spirit. The climax is the chasing of the grandpa, grandma, and grandchild devil by men dressed in white underwear carrying torches inside the shrine. The shrine covered with red ashes from the torches is a extravagant sight.

Sakura Festival and the Ieyasu Parade (April 1-15) This festival is held at the Okazaki Park in spring, when its 2000 cherry trees are in full bloom. Its night view is considered to be the best in the Tokai region, with the silhouette of the Okazaki Castle in the background. The parade is held under the cherry trees, where a man dressed as Ieyasu riding on a horse with several of his generals and over a 1000 foot soldiers march through the park.

Okazaki Sight Seeing Summer Festival This is the biggest event of Okazaki starting with the 50,000-Goku Dance, in which are by several thousand people participate. The next day more than a dozoen 50,000-Goku mikoshis (portable shrines) are carried by dancers strolling through the streets. In the evening more than 15,000 fireworks light the sky where Okazaki's avant-garde fireworks craftsmen display their newest works of art.