murmurWakasa Ohi Super Ogase Fire Festival
Ohi Town · Michi-no-Eki Uminpia Ohi
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Fukui Prefectural Tourism Association (fuku-e.com) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Sep 5, 2026 （Ended） Venue opens 15:00; main event 16:50–20:00 (eve festival on September 4)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year
- Venue
- Michi-no-Eki Uminpia Ohi
- City
- Ohi Town, Fukui
About
At the Uminpia Ohi roadside station, Ohi Town takes its traditional ogase fire rite out over the sea for a summer night spectacle. Leaf-shaped torches 20 m tall and weighing 1 ton are set ablaze, then whirled around on their poles, toppled and hoisted again, so the flames seem to rampage across the dark water; up close it is breathtaking. Ogase has been practiced in communities around Ohi for over 300 years and is an intangible folk cultural property, traditionally offered for protection from fire and for good harvests. Each torch is made from a 14 m cypress pole fitted with 5 tiers of crossbars in a leaf shape and tied with bundles of reeds and pampas grass. Paid seating includes torch-side and fireworks-view seats, an eve festival is held the day before, and the site is about 15 minutes on foot from JR Wakasa-Hongo Station.
Sources
- OfficialFukui Prefectural Tourism Association (fuku-e.com) 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.
Other events this month
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.