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“The 7th Taima-no-sato Botan Festival Photo Contest” – Anyone can enter, no matter if you are a pro or an amateur!
The Taima-no-sato Botan Festival brings splashes of color to Katsuragi City every spring.
A contest for photographs taken at Taimaji Temple and Sekkoji Temple, two flower temples where botan peony flowers bloom beautifully, will be held.
Anyone can enter, no matter if you are a pro or an amateur.
Feel free to apply if you like taking photographs, if you like flowers, if you’d like to try participating in a photography contest, or for any other reason. We’re looking forward to receiving many entries.
We invite you to join us and capture a special photograph with your camera. We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!
Theme
“Botan peonies and tree peonies”
Photographs must be taken at either Taimaji Temple or Sekkoji Temple during the Taima-no-sato Botan Festival (April 13 – May 6, 2025), and must include botan peonies/tree peonies.
*Photographs must be unpublished. However, photographs that have not been published alongside an evaluation from a third party may be submitted.
Submission period
April 13, 2025 (Sunday) – must arrive no later than May 20, 2025 (Tuesday)
Prizes
| Grand Prize (1) | Katsuragi City specialty products worth ¥10,000, original QUO card worth ¥10,000 |
| Excellence Prize (2) | Katsuragi City specialty products worth ¥5,000, original QUO card worth ¥5,000 |
| Special Prize (4) | Original QUO card worth ¥5,000 |
*The original QUO cards will be created using the winning entries.
Submission guidelines, etc.
Please submit your entry by filling out the submission form below.
Please be sure to read the submission guidelines before submitting your entry.
Submitting your entry
（1）By mail
Attach the submission form to the back of your photograph and send it to the following address.
・ Katsuragi City Tourism Association
166 Kakimoto, Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture
639-2195 Japan
（2）In person
Attach the submission form to the back of your photograph and bring it to either of the following locations.
・Katsuragi City Hall Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Promotion Division
(166 Kakimoto / weekdays, 8:30 a.m.~5:15 p.m.）
・Kehayaza Sumo Museum
（83-1 Taima / weekends and holidays, 10:00 a.m.~4:00 p.m.）
Organizer
Katsuragi City Tourism Association (Secretariat: Katsuragi City Hall Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Promotion Division)
Taima-no-sato Botan Festival
Taimaji Temple and Sekkoji Temple, both renowned as flower temples, are filled with blooming botan peonies and tree peonies from mid-April to early May every year.
When the peonies are in bloom, bonbori paper lanterns are set up along the approach to Taimaji Temple and around Sekkoji Temple to create a festive atmosphere.
Previous winning photographs
Please see below for a collection of previous winning photographs.
Inquiries
Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Promotion Division, Industry and Tourism Department
166 Kakimoto, Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture
Telephone number: 0745-44-5111
Fax number: 0745-44-5008
