murmurHamakudari Shinko-sai Procession of Kagoshima Jingu Shrine
Kirishima City · Kagoshima Jingu Shrine to the Hamanoichi resting place
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
- Oct 17–18, 2026
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid October
- How the date is set
- The 3rd Sunday of October Third Sunday of October (return procession) and the day before (outbound procession)
- Venue
- Kagoshima Jingu Shrine to the Hamanoichi resting place
- City
- Kirishima City, Kagoshima
About
Kagoshima Jingu Shrine in the Hayato district of Kirishima holds this procession just once a year. The highlight is a line of about 1,000 people, including warriors in armor, escorting a mikoshi through the parish to pray for household safety and local prosperity. On the day before the third Sunday of October, the procession goes down from the shrine to the Hamanoichi resting place, where festival stalls are set up; on the third Sunday it climbs back to the shrine. Hamanoichi, near Hayato fishing port, is where the shrine's deity Hikohohodemi (Yamasachihiko) is said to have returned from the realm of the sea. The rite is thought to have started when the Hayato Mound was built to calm the spirits of the Hayato people.
Sources
- OfficialKagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau www.kagoshima-kankou.com
- OfficialKagoshima Jingu Shrine kagoshima-jingu.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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