murmurKamaishi Matsuri
Kamaishi City · Central Kamaishi and Kamaishi Port
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kamaishi Tourism & Products Association · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Oct 16–18, 2026
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid October
- How the date is set
- The 3rd Sunday of October Friday to Sunday, ending on the third Sunday of October
- Venue
- Central Kamaishi and Kamaishi Port
- City
- Kamaishi City, Iwate
About
Kamaishi’s signature autumn festival combines the long-standing rites of Ozaki Shrine with those of Yama Shrine, guardian of the town’s ironworks. Saturday is the boat festival: the shrine’s sacred object is carried from Ozaki Shrine’s main sanctuary on the Ozaki Peninsula to its shrine in town, and a dozen or more boats flying colourful big-catch flags, carrying tiger dancers and kagura performers, escort the main vessel around Kamaishi harbour. On Sunday the portable shrines of both shrines are carried along the main streets together with tiger dances, kagura, floats and hand dancing, as festival music fills the town. Running for three days from Friday’s eve rites to Sunday’s procession, it is organised by the Kamaishi Matsuri executive committee.
Sources
- OfficialKamaishi Tourism & Products Association kamaishi-kankou.jp
- OfficialKamaishi Tourism & Products Association kamaishi-kankou.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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