murmurIsasumi Shrine Rice-Planting Festival
Aizumisato Town · Isasumi Shrine to Oda Shrine
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Isasumi Shrine · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 11–13, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid July
- How the date is set
- Every year, July 11 – July 13 Main day every year on July 12, with the eve on July 11 and closing rites on July 13
- Venue
- Isasumi Shrine to Oda Shrine
- City
- Aizumisato Town, Fukushima
About
Isasumi Shrine, the leading shrine of the Aizu region, saves its biggest celebration for midsummer rice planting. The rite, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan, is known as the midday planting and ranks with the morning planting at Ise Jingu and the evening planting at Atsuta Jingu among Japan's three great planting rites. Look out for the saotome dance, performed by farmers' eldest sons dressed as women, the Dekosama planting puppets and old planting songs. The main day is July 12: local children open it with a noisy lion chase through town, followed by a mikoshi procession and the planting ceremony. Purification and eve rites take place on July 11. In 2026 the festival ran July 11 to 13.
Sources
- OfficialIsasumi Shrine isasumi.or.jp
- OfficialFukushima Prefectural Tourism & Products Association (Fukushima Travel) www.tif.ne.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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