murmurMona Satoimo (Taro) Festival
Tateyama City · Junisho Shrine, Mona, Tateyama
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Chiba Prefectural Tourism Association (Chiba Tourism Navi) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Fri, Feb 20, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late February
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held during the Junisho Shrine annual festival (Feb 19–21, per Tateyama City); the day the taro offerings are carried to the shrine follows each year’s announcement
- Venue
- Junisho Shrine, Mona, Tateyama
- City
- Tateyama City, Chiba
About
At the annual festival of Junisho Shrine, guardian of the Mona district of Tateyama, taro is offered to the gods in early spring to pray for a good harvest and good health through the year. The custom was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan in 2005. On the day before, parishioners bring a taro called akame to the house whose turn it is to host, peel it, spear it on bush-clover twigs and pile it up into a pair of large, decorated, mountain-shaped offerings. These are carried into the shrine for the ceremony on the festival day. Afterward the taro is divided among the parish households and eaten as a charm against illness, since people here say that eating taro keeps sickness away.
Sources
- OfficialChiba Prefectural Tourism Association (Chiba Tourism Navi) maruchiba.jp
- OfficialTateyama City www.city.tateyama.chiba.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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