murmurMiya Matsuri
Gamagori City · Yatsurugi Shrine and Wakamiya Shrine, Miya-cho, Gamagori
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Miya Matsuri Official Website · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Oct 24–25, 2026
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late October
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Preliminary festival on Saturday, main procession on Sunday
- Venue
- Yatsurugi Shrine and Wakamiya Shrine, Miya-cho, Gamagori
- City
- Gamagori City, Aichi
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About
Over a weekend in Miya, a seaside district of Gamagori, Yatsurugi Shrine and Wakamiya Shrine hold their joint festival: a preliminary day on Saturday, then the main procession on Sunday. According to local lore, it started in 1696 after the village headman dreamed of the shrine's deity going to Wakamiya, and organized a procession with a portable shrine. Each of the six neighborhoods dances as an offering, and the men of the parish pull four richly decorated floats, known here as yama, back and forth between the two shrines. The moment to see is Sunday's sea procession: when a signal shot goes off, men in white cotton wraps haul the floats into the water one by one and drive them through the bay amid shouting and spray. It is listed as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Gamagori City.
Sources
- OfficialMiya Matsuri Official Website 38fes.jp
- OfficialAichi Prefecture Tourism and Convention Bureau (Aichi Now) aichinow.pref.aichi.jp
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
murmur is an app that shows short, anonymous posts on a map, right where they were written. On festival day, open the map around the venue and see what people nearby are saying.