murmurNuruyu Onsen Ushiyu Festival
Kuroishi City · Tsuru-no-yu public bathhouse, Nuruyu Onsen
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kuroishi Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 25–26, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late July
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held each year around the midsummer doyo period, with an eve festival followed by the main day
- Venue
- Tsuru-no-yu public bathhouse, Nuruyu Onsen
- City
- Kuroishi City, Aomori
About
Nuruyu Onsen in Kuroishi is a hot spring village with more than 450 years of history, and this traditional festival is held there every year around the height of summer. It centers on the Tsuru-no-yu public bathhouse. After an eve festival the night before, children pull a portable shrine carrying a sacred ox figure to the hot spring on the main day. The highlight is the bathing ceremony: it is said that if you stroke the ox and then touch the part of your body that ails you, it will heal, so bathers crowd forward to receive its blessing.
Sources
- OfficialKuroishi Tourism Association kuroishi.or.jp
- 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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