murmurUtazu Autumn Festival
Utazu Town · Ubushina Shrine, Shiogama Shrine and the streets of Utazu
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kagawa Prefecture Tourism Association (Udon-ken Tabi-net) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late October
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Every year in late October
- Venue
- Ubushina Shrine, Shiogama Shrine and the streets of Utazu
- City
- Utazu Town, Kagawa
About
Held every year in late October, Utazu's autumn festival combines the grand festivals of Ubushina Shrine and Shiogama Shrine. The sight to see is more than ten drum floats squeezing through narrow lanes between old townhouses; when the call comes and they are hoisted high in unison, the crowd breaks into cheers and applause. The lion dance is the two-person style, in which one young dancer handles the head and forelegs and the other the hind legs and body, moving as one.
Sources
- OfficialKagawa Prefecture Tourism Association (Udon-ken Tabi-net) 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.