murmurHourai Festival
Hakusan City · Tsurugi area of Hakusan, around Kinkengu Shrine
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Urara Hakusanbito (Hakusan City Tourism Association) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Oct 3–4, 2026 （Ended） 12:00–22:00
- 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 Held on a Saturday and Sunday in early October each year
- Venue
- Tsurugi area of Hakusan, around Kinkengu Shrine
- City
- Hakusan City, Ishikawa
About
Kinkengu, the guardian shrine of the Tsurugi area of Hakusan, holds this autumn festival, said to go back 800 years. A mikoshi heads the procession, followed by lion-dance troupes and tsukurimono floats. Two things to watch for are the tsukurimono, which each neighbourhood builds from scratch every year, and the staff-twirling performers who accompany the lion dance. Giant figures around 5m tall ride on the floats, towering over the crowd, and after dark the floats are lit up and take on a whole new character. With traffic restricted during the festival, public transport is recommended, for example the Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line to Tsurugi Station. You can track where the mikoshi and floats are in real time by GPS.
Sources
- OfficialUrara Hakusanbito (Hakusan City Tourism Association) www.urara-hakusanbito.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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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.