murmurHonen Festival at Ogata Shrine
Inuyama City · Ogata Shrine
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Inuyama Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Mar 15, 2026 （Ended） 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid March
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held on a Sunday on or before March 15 each year
- Venue
- Ogata Shrine
- City
- Inuyama City, Aichi
About
On a Sunday on or before March 15, Ogata Shrine in Inuyama holds its harvest festival, nicknamed the festival that calls spring to Owari. Parishioners pray for good crops, a peaceful nation and flourishing local industry, and the old-fashioned village feel is still very much alive. There is plenty to watch: a giant rice cake offering, a procession in which men in their unlucky years carry a portable shrine and other items to ward off illness, drumming for the gods, and finally a rice-cake toss for the crowd. It overlaps with the shrine's plum blossom festival, so you can take in the flowers on the same visit. Walk about 20 minutes from Gakuden Station on the Meitetsu Komaki Line.
Sources
- OfficialInuyama Tourism Association inuyama.gr.jp
- OfficialAichi Prefecture (Aichi Now) aichinow.pref.aichi.jp
- OfficialOgata Shrine ooagata.urdr.weblife.me
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
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