murmurMaebashi Festival
Maebashi City · Central shopping district (Tatsumachi Odori and nearby streets) and across the city
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Maebashi Convention & Visitors Bureau · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Oct 10–11, 2026 （Ended） 10:00–21:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early October
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Usually a weekend in October
- Venue
- Central shopping district (Tatsumachi Odori and nearby streets) and across the city
- City
- Maebashi City, Gunma
About
Each autumn, Maebashi's central shopping streets host this citywide celebration, one of the city's three big festivals. It started in 1948, shortly after the war, as a reconstruction festival expressing hope and energy as the city recovered from wartime damage. It became the Maebashi Commerce and Industry Festival in 1949 and took its present name in 1959, and today neighborhood associations, companies and all kinds of groups take part. Along the streets come elementary school fife-and-drum bands, the Danbe Odori, a clapper dance born in Maebashi, float processions, mikoshi and Gion floats, with people of every age in festival dress. The mikoshi get livelier as night falls. It is about a 15-minute walk from JR Maebashi Station.
Sources
- OfficialMaebashi Convention & Visitors Bureau www.maebashi-cvb.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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