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Isumi City · Ohara Beach, Ohara Elementary School, Ohara central shopping street and other sites
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Chiba Tourism Navi (Chiba Prefectural Tourism and Products Association) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sep 23–24, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Two days, set around the autumnal equinox holiday on September 23
- Venue
- Ohara Beach, Ohara Elementary School, Ohara central shopping street and other sites
- City
- Isumi City, Chiba
About
In late September, Ohara in Isumi City stages a two-day autumn festival often described as the most spirited in the Kanto region. It is thought to have continued since the Edo period, and votive plaques show that its customs and organization were already established in the Tenpo era. The first day's highlight is the shiofumi at Ohara Beach: more than ten mikoshi charge into the sea together to pray for good harvests and catches, clashing as the waves toss them and being flung high into the air. At dusk on both days comes the farewell ceremony, when the mikoshi parade along the shopping street to the grounds of Ohara Elementary School and, as fireworks fill the sky, the bearers sing festival songs of parting.
Sources
- OfficialChiba Tourism Navi (Chiba Prefectural Tourism and Products Association) maruchiba.jp
- OfficialIsumi City www.city.isumi.lg.jp
Last checked: Oct 11, 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.