murmurIchiki Tanabata Odori (Tanabata Drum Dance)
Ichikikushikino City · Horinouchi-niwa (near Nakafukura Community Hall) and Haraiyama, Osato district
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Ichikikushikino City · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Oct 4, 2026 （Ended） 9:00 at Horinouchi-niwa, then 11:00 at Haraiyama (about an hour each)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early October
- How the date is set
- Announced each year The date is announced by the city each year. Held in light rain
- Venue
- Horinouchi-niwa (near Nakafukura Community Hall) and Haraiyama, Osato district
- City
- Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima
About
This drum dance from the Osato district of Ichikikushikino is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan. Today the drum dance is the main event, performed for about an hour at each of two spots: Horinouchi-niwa near the Nakafukura community hall, and Haraiyama beside Route 270. It used to be held on a Sunday in early August, with figures of deer, tigers, oxen and cranes and processions of daimyo, Ryukyu kings and halberd bearers. The dance is said to have begun about 400 years ago to praise Lord Shimazu Yoshihiro's deeds in the Korean campaigns, and was later revived to celebrate an irrigation channel that brought water to Osato's rice fields. Bound by strict rules, it has carried on for about 300 years.
Sources
- OfficialIchikikushikino City www.city.ichikikushikino.lg.jp
- Reference市来の七夕踊（いちき串木野市） www.city.ichikikushikino.lg.jp
- Reference令和8年郷土芸能開催日一覧（いちき串木野市） www.city.ichikikushikino.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.
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