murmurTarotaro Festival
Ichikikushikino City · Hashimazaki Shrine (Hashima, Ichikikushikino City)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau · 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 mid March
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year A spring festival tied to the fourth day of the second lunar month; the date is announced each year
- Venue
- Hashimazaki Shrine (Hashima, Ichikikushikino City)
- City
- Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima
About
Held in spring at Hashimazaki Shrine in Hashima, Ichikikushikino, this unusual festival asks for a big catch at sea and a good crop on land at once, and it is an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Kagoshima Prefecture. The part most people come for is the taguchi, where the characters Techo and Taro play off an ox in a comic routine that prays for the harvest. In the other part, the funamochi, model danbe barges and sailboats are brought out of the sanctuary, and boat-song singers and their helpers rock them up and down as they circle the grounds, asking for full nets and safe voyages. Watching is free.
Sources
- OfficialKagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau www.kagoshima-kankou.com
- OfficialIchikikushikino City 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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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.