murmurOjima Neputa Festival
Ota City · Ojima shopping street (Prefectural Route 142) and surroundings
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Ota City Tourism and Products Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Aug 14–15, 2026 （Ended） Neputa ceremony and parade 17:00–22:00 (Tsugaru products market from 15:00)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid August
- How the date is set
- Every year, August 14 – August 15 Cancelled in severe weather
- Venue
- Ojima shopping street (Prefectural Route 142) and surroundings
- City
- Ota City, Gunma
About
Every August 14 and 15, the Ojima district of Ota holds a neputa festival that started in 1986 out of the city's historic ties with Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. About ten glowing neputa floats move down the Ojima shopping street to cries of "Yaa-ya-do!", among them fan-shaped floats as tall as seven meters, along with ranks of neputa drummers. The brightly painted warrior pictures lit up against the night sky are impressive up close, and the climax comes when the drums and festival music all play at once. A Tsugaru products market also opens. Free shuttle buses run from Kizaki Station on the Tobu Isesaki Line during the festival. It is cancelled in severe weather.
Sources
- OfficialOta City Tourism and Products Association www.ota-kanko.jp
- OfficialOta City www.city.ota.gunma.jp
- 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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