The festival is also one of three major beautiful festivals or three major floats festivals in Japan along with the Takayama Matsuri Festival held in Hida and Chichibu Yomatsuri Festival held in Chichibu City.
また、飛彈の高山祭、秩父市の秩父夜祭りと並んで日本三大美祭及び日本三大曳き山の一つにも数えられる。