murmurAwashima Momote Festival
Mitoyo City · Awashima Shrine, Awashima Island
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Mitoyo City · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Mar 1, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early March
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year
- Venue
- Awashima Shrine, Awashima Island
- City
- Mitoyo City, Kagawa
About
The Awashima Momote Festival at Awashima Shrine on the island of Awashima is an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Kagawa Prefecture. Momote festivals herald spring in Mitoyo and are held around the city to ward off misfortune and pray for good catches, good harvests and safe seas. Archery rites in front of the shrine survive in their old form, and spectators crowd round, holding their breath to see if each arrow finds the target. The city's other momote festivals, the Namari Momote Festival in Takuma (a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property) and the prefecture-designated Ohama Momote Festival, take place on different days.
Sources
- OfficialMitoyo City www.city.mitoyo.lg.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.
On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
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