murmurLotus Festival at Hanahasu Park
Minamiechizen Town · Hanahasu (Lotus) Park
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Minamiechizen Town Tourism Website · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jun 27 – Aug 9, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late June
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year From late June to early August each year
- Venue
- Hanahasu (Lotus) Park
- City
- Minamiechizen Town, Fukui
About
From late June to early August, Hanahasu Park in Minamiechizen holds a summer-long lotus festival, with about 130 varieties of lotus from around the world in bloom and plenty of visitors coming to see them. The season is packed with lotus-related activities, and one to try is zobihai, the elephant-trunk cup: a hole is pierced in a broad lotus leaf and you drink through its hollow stem like a straw, the name coming from the stem's resemblance to a trunk. Workshops include dyeing cloth with lotus leaves and stems, making ornaments from seed pods and crepe fabric, and crafting small lotus-themed stained-glass pieces. Entry to the park is free, and shuttle buses run from nearby stations and the roadside station.
Sources
- OfficialMinamiechizen Town Tourism Website www.minamiechizen.com
- OfficialFuku-e.com (Fukui Prefecture Tourism Association) www.fuku-e.com
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.