murmurNagoya Festival
Nagoya City · Hisaya-odori Park, Nagoya Castle and other venues
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Nagoya Festival Association · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Oct 17–18, 2026
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid October
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year A weekend in October; dates are announced each year
- Venue
- Hisaya-odori Park, Nagoya Castle and other venues
- City
- Nagoya City, Aichi
About
Running since 1955, the Nagoya Festival is the city's largest autumn event. In a normal year the main draw is a parade of the three great warlords, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, with armored retainers, along with city-designated historic floats, kagura troupes and flower cars. In 2026 the parade is replaced by one-year-only programs at Hisaya-odori Park and other venues: stage shows by samurai performance troupes, a Nagoya food zone and booths on local culture and traditions. You can also see the flower cars and the warlords' floats on display, watch the floats' karakuri puppets in action and hear kagura music. During the festival, Nagoya Castle, Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens and other attractions are free to enter.
Sources
- OfficialNagoya Festival Association www.nagoya-festival.jp
- OfficialNagoya Festival Association www.nagoya-festival.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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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.