murmurImabari Onmaku Festival
Imabari City · Imabari Port, Hirokoji, the Ginza and Honmachi shopping streets and surrounding area
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Imabari Citizens' Festival Promotion Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Aug 8–9, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Sat, Oct 2, 2027
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Usually held on a weekend in early August; from 2027 it is planned to move to autumn and be held on a single day
- Venue
- Imabari Port, Hirokoji, the Ginza and Honmachi shopping streets and surrounding area
- City
- Imabari City, Ehime
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About
Onmaku is Imabari's own citizens' festival, usually held over a weekend in early August around Imabari Port, Hirokoji and the shopping streets. In local dialect the word means something like "all out" or "loads," and the name is an invitation for visitors to throw themselves in too. There are three main things to see: the Onmaku Odori, where residents turn out to dance together; local performing arts such as tsugi-jishi stacked lion dancers and Shimanami Kaido taiko; and fireworks on the last night. The festival dates from the mid-1990s, when the Port Festival and the Bari Festival were combined into one event that residents plan, fund and run themselves. Partly to cope with the summer heat, it is due to move to autumn and become a single-day event from its 30th edition, expected to take effect from 2027.
Sources
- OfficialImabari Citizens' Festival Promotion Association onmaku.jp
- OfficialImabari City www.city.imabari.ehime.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.