murmurYugawara Yassa Matsuri
Yugawara Town · Yugawara Elementary School to Sakuragi Park, and Makuyama Koen-dori street
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Yugawara Onsen Official Tourism Site Council · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Aug 2–3, 2026 （Ended） August 2 from 18:00 to 21:00, August 3 from 18:00 to 19:30. The fireworks planned for August 3 were postponed to August 23 because of a typhoon
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Two days in early August, announced each year
- Venue
- Yugawara Elementary School to Sakuragi Park, and Makuyama Koen-dori street
- City
- Yugawara Town, Kanagawa
About
The biggest summer festival in the hot-spring town of Yugawara, held over 2 days on a different route each day: first between Yugawara Elementary School and Sakuragi Park, then along Makuyama Koen-dori. Flower-trimmed floats and mikoshi portable shrines move through the streets to calls of "yassa, mossa," while geisha in yukata perform dances in step with one another. With drums and festival music all around, onlookers soon join the chant themselves. On the second night, fireworks rise from offshore of the swimming beach, and underwater star mines bursting on the sea bring the festival to an end.
Sources
- OfficialYugawara Onsen Official Tourism Site Council www.yugawara.or.jp
- OfficialKanagawa Prefecture Tourist Association www.kanagawa-kankou.or.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.