murmurHachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival
Hachinohe City · Central Hachinohe
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
VISIT Hachinohe · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 31 – Aug 4, 2026 （Ended） July 31 eve festival, August 1 outbound procession, August 2 middle day, August 3 return procession, August 4 closing night
- 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 31 – August 4
- Venue
- Central Hachinohe
- City
- Hachinohe City, Aomori
About
Hachinohe's biggest festival, with a history of around 300 years, is the joint annual rite of three local shrines: Ogami Shrine, Chojasan Shinra Shrine and Shinmeigu. It runs for five days, from July 31 to August 4, and draws more than a million visitors. Alongside stately shrine processions with portable shrines and tiger dances, 27 enormous floats parade through the city center. The floats take their themes from folk tales, kabuki and the like, and are made every year by groups competing to outdo one another. On the eve and closing nights the floats stand on display along the downtown streets, so you can stroll among them while the festival music plays. The float procession was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan in 2004 and inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016 as part of the Yama, Hoko, Yatai float festivals.
Sources
- OfficialVISIT Hachinohe visithachinohe.com
- OfficialAomori Prefecture Tourism and International Exchange Organization (Amazing AOMORI) aomori-tourism.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.
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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.