murmurYuki Summer Festival (Takeda Suga Shrine Summer Grand Festival)
Yuki City · Takeda Suga Shrine, the surrounding neighbourhoods and the pedestrianised Ekidori street
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Yuki City Commerce and Tourism Division · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 12–19, 2026 （Ended） Departure July 12, middle day July 15, return July 19 (street closed to traffic 18:00–22:00 in the evenings)
- 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 in July around three main days: the departure, the middle day and the return of the portable shrine (July 12, 15 and 19 in 2026)
- Venue
- Takeda Suga Shrine, the surrounding neighbourhoods and the pedestrianised Ekidori street
- City
- Yuki City, Ibaraki
About
Yuki's best-known summer festival, formally the summer grand festival of Takeda Suga Shrine, is said to have been handed down since the Kamakura period. On the opening day, after a ceremony at the shrine, the mikoshi is carried through the parish, with tall lanterns passed from one neighbourhood to the next. It then stays at a temporary shrine in Omachi, and in the evenings during the festival there are visits to the neighbourhood halls in front of it. The middle day brings children's mikoshi, a parade of lantern mikoshi, a festival-music concert and a dance event on the car-free street. On the final day the mikoshi makes another round of the town before returning to the shrine. For an evening visit, choose the opening or closing night, when the station street is closed to traffic and lively with free-style mikoshi carrying.
Sources
- OfficialYuki City Commerce and Tourism Division www.city.yuki.lg.jp
- OfficialIbaraki Prefecture Tourism (Kanko Ibaraki) www.ibarakiguide.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.
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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.