murmurOma Fishing Festival and Tenpi-sama Procession
Oma Town · Oma Port (fishing festival) and Inari Shrine (procession)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Oma Town · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
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- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually mid July
- How the date is set
- The 3rd Monday of July Held on Marine Day (third Monday of July); the procession is cancelled if it rains
- Venue
- Oma Port (fishing festival) and Inari Shrine (procession)
- City
- Oma Town, Aomori
About
The town of Oma holds this celebration every year on Marine Day in July. In the fishing festival, boats decked out in brightly colored good-catch flags head out to sea together to pray for safety and a plentiful catch, with sacred kagura dances offered offshore. It is a stirring sight as the decorated boats cut through the rough waves. Alongside it, the Tenpi-sama Procession winds through town. Tenpi-sama is a goddess who protects those at sea; in the Tohoku region she is enshrined only at Oma's Inari Shrine. The procession began in 1996, marking 300 years since she was enshrined here, and is cancelled in the rain.
Sources
- OfficialOma Town www.town.ooma.lg.jp
- OfficialOma Town www.town.ooma.lg.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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