murmurKenka Mikoshi (Clashing Portable Shrines) at Susanoo Shrine Gion Festival
Fukuyama City · Susanoo Shrine, Shinichi-cho Tode
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Hiroshima Tourism Association (Dive! Hiroshima) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid July
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held on the final day of the Gion Festival
- Venue
- Susanoo Shrine, Shinichi-cho Tode
- City
- Fukuyama City, Hiroshima
About
Usually in mid-July, the Gion Festival at Susanoo Shrine in Shinichi-cho Tode, Fukuyama, ends with its fighting portable shrines. The festival is said to go back more than a thousand years, and its big moment comes when shrines are driven into each other, each impact ringing out across the grounds with a deep boom. Drums and flutes keep up a steady roar, and bearers in brightly colored happi coats add to the heat of it all. Crowds turn out every year to pray for good health. The shrine has room for only five cars, so take the train: from Fukuyama Station, ride the JR Fukuen Line bound for Fuchu to Kami-Tode Station, then walk about three minutes.
Sources
- OfficialHiroshima Tourism Association (Dive! Hiroshima) dive-hiroshima.com
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.
Other events this month
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.