murmurMikuni Matsuri
Sakai City · Mikuni Shrine and the streets of Mikuni
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Fuku-e.com (Fukui Prefecture Tourism Association) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- May 19–21, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid May
- How the date is set
- Every year, May 19 – May 21 The float procession is on May 20, the middle day
- Venue
- Mikuni Shrine and the streets of Mikuni
- City
- Sakai City, Fukui
About
From May 19 to 21, Mikuni Shrine in Mikuni, Sakai, holds its grand festival, one of the three great festivals of Hokuriku and an intangible folk cultural property of Fukui Prefecture. The main event is the float procession on May 20, the middle day: to shamisen, flutes and drums played by children, 6 floats line up before the shrine and then roll through town. Toward evening, as they reach the station street, young men from each district gather with tall lanterns and the festival hits its peak; then the floats push back through crowds and food stalls to their home districts, pullers and onlookers moving together. Floats bearing huge figures are said to go back about 300 years; in the mid-Meiji era they topped 10 meters, their warrior heads visible from nearby villages. Today they stand about 6.5 meters, and the figures are made fresh every year.
Sources
- OfficialFuku-e.com (Fukui Prefecture Tourism Association) www.fuku-e.com
- OfficialMikuni Matsuri Preservation and Promotion Society mikunimatsuri.com
- OfficialSakai Travel Navi (DMO Sakai Tourism Bureau) kanko-sakai.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
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