murmurFujisawa-juku Yugyo no Bon (Bon Dance Festival)
Fujisawa City · Around Fujisawa Station North Exit and the grounds of Yugyo-ji Temple
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Fujisawa-juku Yugyo no Bon Executive Committee · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 25–26, 2026 （Ended） Fujisawa Station North Exit on July 25; big bon dance at Yugyo-ji Temple on July 26 (16:30 to 20:00)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late July
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year A Saturday and Sunday in late July, announced each year by the organizing committee
- Venue
- Around Fujisawa Station North Exit and the grounds of Yugyo-ji Temple
- City
- Fujisawa City, Kanagawa
About
This bon dance festival around Fujisawa Station's north exit and Yugyo-ji Temple takes its theme from the temple's tradition of dancing while chanting the nembutsu. Day one, in front of the station, features the Yugyo-bayashi street dance and Fujisawa's newly created Yugyo Odori, plus guest dancers bringing the real Gujo Odori, Nishimonai Bon Odori and Koenji Awa Odori. On day two a yagura tower is set up in the temple grounds for a big bon dance to live song and drums, with favorites like Tanko Bushi and Tokyo Ondo; anyone can step into the circle, and food stalls line the grounds. The dancing nembutsu is said to have started in the Kamakura period, when the itinerant monk Ippen's followers broke into dance mid-chant and the crowd joined them, and it is seen as one root of bon dancing.
Sources
- OfficialFujisawa-juku Yugyo no Bon Executive Committee yugyo.bonodori.net
- OfficialKanagawa Prefecture Tourist Association www.kanagawa-kankou.or.jp
- Reference藤沢宿 遊行の盆 公式サイト yugyo.bonodori.net
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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