murmurSata Misaki Matsuri
Minamiosumi Town · Sata, Minamiosumi (from Misaki Shrine to Chikatsumiya Shrine)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau (Kagoshima no Tabi) · 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 February
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held over the Saturday and Sunday just before February 20
- Venue
- Sata, Minamiosumi (from Misaki Shrine to Chikatsumiya Shrine)
- City
- Minamiosumi Town, Kagoshima
About
In Sata, at the southern tip of mainland Japan, Minamiosumi stages a two-day festival in which one goddess pays a New Year call on her sister. The younger deity of Misaki Shrine, near Cape Sata, sets out at dawn after a rite in which she is transferred into a sacred branch called misaki-shiba, and her portable shrine is handed on through seven hamlets, the Nanaura, over a route of about 20 km toward the elder sister at Chikatsumiya Shrine. Every hamlet holds its own prayers for good health, harvests and fishing. A dramatic moment on day one is the descent of a steep slope in Sakamoto to flutes and drums. Day two peaks at Chikatsumiya Shrine with a planting rite and sacred dances. The festival is an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Kagoshima Prefecture.
Sources
- OfficialKagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau (Kagoshima no Tabi) www.kagoshima-kankou.com
- OfficialMinamiosumi Travel Association satamisaki.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
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.