murmurAkama-juku Festival
Munakata City · Akama-juku Street on the old Karatsu Kaido highway
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association (Crossroad Fukuoka) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Feb 21, 2026 （Ended） 10:00–15:00
- 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 Usually mid to late February
- Venue
- Akama-juku Street on the old Karatsu Kaido highway
- City
- Munakata City, Fukuoka
About
On festival day, Akama in Munakata, an Edo-period post town on the Karatsu Kaido highway, brings its old street back to life. Akama-juku Street, still lined with sake breweries and old merchant houses, is closed to traffic, and historic homes and breweries that are normally shut open their doors. At the brewery open house you can taste sake and buy limited bottlings found only here. The main event is the bridal procession: a bride and groom recruited from the public walk the highway in traditional dress, trailed by people dressed as magistrates and town girls, as spectators call out congratulations. Local stalls fill the street, and Akama taiko drummers open the stage program. Simply strolling past the white walls and latticed windows gives you a feel for the old post town.
Sources
- OfficialFukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association (Crossroad Fukuoka) www.crossroadfukuoka.jp
- OfficialKaido no Eki Akamakan (Munakata tourism center) www.akamakan.info
Last checked: Oct 10, 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.