murmurSunari Festival
Kanie Town · Around Tomiyoshi Takehaya Shrine and Hachiken Shrine, along the Kanie River
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kanie Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Aug 1–2, 2026 （Ended） Evening festival from around 20:00; morning festival from around 9:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- The 1st Saturday of August Evening festival on the first Saturday of August, morning festival the next day
- Venue
- Around Tomiyoshi Takehaya Shrine and Hachiken Shrine, along the Kanie River
- City
- Kanie Town, Aichi
About
In the Sunari district of northern Kanie, Tomiyoshi Takehaya Shrine and Hachiken Shrine hold a festival that plays out on the Kanie River. The big night is the first Saturday of August, when makiwara boats hung with a half-circle of lanterns travel upriver to festival music, and half of the Miyoshi Bridge lifts to let them through. The lanterns number 365, one for each day of the year. The following morning, boats decorated with plum and cherry blossoms carry child attendants upstream to the Tenno Bridge, and Tenno music is played at the shrine's worship hall. Because the rites stretch some 100 days, from choosing the child attendants in July to taking down the stands in October, locals call it the Hundred-Day Festival. It was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016 among Japan's float festivals.
Sources
- OfficialKanie Tourism Association www.kaninavi.jp
- OfficialAichi Prefecture Tourism (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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