murmurSanuki Toyohama Chosa Festival
Kanonji City · Toyohama Hachiman Shrine, Ichinomiya Shrine and other sites
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kanonji City · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Oct 9–11, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early October
- How the date is set
- The 2nd Sunday of October Three days, Friday to Sunday, ending on the second Sunday of October
- Venue
- Toyohama Hachiman Shrine, Ichinomiya Shrine and other sites
- City
- Kanonji City, Kagawa
About
In the Toyohama district of Kanonji, this autumn festival prays for plentiful harvests and catches. Its focus is the chosa, enormous drum floats dressed in gold-thread embroidery, shouldered through the streets by bearers in happi coats with full-throated chants. Seeing twenty-odd of them gathered in one spot is the festival's signature moment. The first day brings shrine visits to Hachiman Shrine and a tour of the town; on the middle day the floats line up at Hachiman Shrine and then perform the "kakijo" at the Wada festival plaza. On the last day a portable shrine travels by boat from Minoura fishing port, and every chosa converges on Ichinomiya Shrine for the "kakikurabe" carrying contest, the peak of the festival. The Chosa Kaikan in Toyohama explains the floats' history and construction.
Sources
- OfficialKanonji City www.city.kanonji.kagawa.jp
- OfficialSanuki Toyohama Chosa Festival (organizer) chohsa.jp
- OfficialKagawa Prefecture Tourism Association www.my-kagawa.jp
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.