murmurKiryu Yagibushi Festival
Kiryu City · Central Kiryu (Honcho-dori, Suehirocho, Nishikicho and other streets)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kiryu Yagibushi Festival (Kiryu City Tourism Division / Kiryu Chamber of Commerce) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Aug 7–9, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year
- Venue
- Central Kiryu (Honcho-dori, Suehirocho, Nishikicho and other streets)
- City
- Kiryu City, Gunma
About
Kiryu's signature summer festival runs for 3 days in the city center and attracts visitors from all over Gunma and beyond; in 2026, its sixty-third year, 490,000 people came. Yagibushi music is at the heart of it, with the All-Japan Yagibushi Contest, Dance Yagibushi with free choreography to tunes built on the Yagibushi melody, a children's contest and the Kiryu Yagibushi dance contest. For shopping, head to the textile bargain market, where Kiryu fabrics sell below usual prices. The Kiryu Gion Festival's mikoshi procession also takes place. Records of the Gion festival go back to 1656, and 6 large Gion float-stages built between the Edo and Showa periods still survive.
Sources
- OfficialKiryu Yagibushi Festival (Kiryu City Tourism Division / Kiryu Chamber of Commerce) www.kiryu-maturi.net
- OfficialKiryu Yagibushi Festival www.kiryu-maturi.net
- OfficialGunma Prefecture / Gunma Association of Tourism, Local Products & International Exchange gunma-kanko.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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