murmurHimeji Yukata Matsuri
Himeji City · Around Osakabe Shrine, Jonan Park and the Nishi-Nikaimachi shopping arcade
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Himeji City (Himeji Yukata Matsuri Promotion Council) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jun 20–21, 2026 （Ended） 4:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. each day
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid June
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Two days in June, timed with the annual festival of Osakabe Shrine
- Venue
- Around Osakabe Shrine, Jonan Park and the Nishi-Nikaimachi shopping arcade
- City
- Himeji City, Hyogo
About
Wear a yukata to this early-summer festival in Himeji and you get free entry to Himeji Castle, Koko-en Garden, the zoo and a few other sites. Held for the annual festival of Osakabe Shrine, it fills the city streets with people in cotton yukata as evening comes. In the children's yukata parade, held every year, local elementary school pupils follow the city fire department band from the Sannomaru square at Himeji Castle, along Otemae-dori and the Nishi-Nikaimachi arcade, past the shrine and on to Jonan Park. The park's stage features singing, dancing and taiko, and food stalls and local shops set up around the shrine, in the arcade and on Otemae-dori. Both days run from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. There are no trash cans at the venue, so plan to take your rubbish home.
Sources
- OfficialHimeji City (Himeji Yukata Matsuri Promotion Council) www.city.himeji.lg.jp
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.
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.