murmurOhara Matsuri
Kagoshima City · Around Tenmonkan, along the tram street from Takamibaba via Izuro to Sambashi-dori
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Nov 2–3, 2026 November 2, 18:50–20:20 (evening festival); November 3, 10:20–15:25 (main festival)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early November
- How the date is set
- Every year, November 2 – November 3
- Venue
- Around Tenmonkan, along the tram street from Takamibaba via Izuro to Sambashi-dori
- City
- Kagoshima City, Kagoshima
About
Ohara Matsuri, the biggest festival in southern Kyushu, takes over the Tenmonkan area of Kagoshima City every November 2 and 3. The thing to see is the so-odori, in which about 18,000 dancers move down the street to Ohara-bushi, Kagoshima Hanya-bushi and Shibuya Ondo, each troupe in its own bright matching costume. The route is about 1,480 m of tram street running from Takamibaba through Izuro to Sambashi-dori. The night festival on November 2 adds drum contests by ogojo, as Satsuma women are called locally, and the main festival on November 3 brings marching bands and the Ohara 21 dance. Until the day before, an illuminated flower tram rolls through the city.
Sources
- OfficialKagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau www.kagoshima-kankou.com
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
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