murmurTsuchizaki Port Hikiyama Festival
Akita City · Hon-machi Street, Chuo Street and around Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine, Tsuchizaki Port
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Akita Minato Promotion Association (Tsuchizaki Port Hikiyama Festival) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 20–21, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late July
- How the date is set
- Every year, July 20 – July 21
- Venue
- Hon-machi Street, Chuo Street and around Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine, Tsuchizaki Port
- City
- Akita City, Akita
About
The annual festival of Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha, guardian shrine of the old port town of Tsuchizaki, is believed to have taken its present form in the 1700s. It was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1997 and inscribed in 2016 on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list as part of Japan's Yama, Hoko, Yatai float festivals. To the sound of the port's festival music, each neighborhood hauls its own float topped with warrior figures through the streets. On the 20th the floats pay their respects at the shrine, followed by the evening eve rites. The 21st brings the main shrine rites and the portable-shrine procession, and the festival peaks that night with the modoriyama, as the floats return home to the wistful strains of the Aiya-bushi song.
Sources
- OfficialAkita Minato Promotion Association (Tsuchizaki Port Hikiyama Festival) tutizaki-hikiyama.com
- OfficialAkita Convention & Visitors Bureau www.akita-yulala.jp
- OfficialAkita City www.city.akita.lg.jp
- Reference曳山行事のあらまし | 土崎港曳山まつり tutizaki-hikiyama.com
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.
Other events this month
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.