murmurFuwa Hachimangu Shrine Grand Festival
Shimanto City · Fuwa Hachimangu Shrine, Fuwa, Shimanto
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Shimanto City Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sep 19–20, 2026 （Ended） September 19: rite 15:00, eve rite 17:00; September 20: mikoshi procession 8:00, mikoshi-awase ceremony 14:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year
- Venue
- Fuwa Hachimangu Shrine, Fuwa, Shimanto
- City
- Shimanto City, Kochi
About
Fuwa Hachimangu in Shimanto holds an autumn festival famous for a wedding between gods, celebrated with the portable shrines of a male and a female deity. The male deity's mikoshi tours the town and waits at the shrine, then the female deity's mikoshi arrives and the two are ceremonially joined. Lord Ichijo, who brought the shrine's deity here, is said to have started the rite to discourage marriage by abduction, then a common practice, and it is rare anywhere in Japan. Day one has the main and eve rites plus offerings of Tosa Nakamura Ichijo taiko, children's sumo, yosakoi, folk dance and Hata kagura. On day two the mikoshi go out in the morning, followed by the Funato-age rite, also called eggplant-grabbing, the joining of the mikoshi and the main ceremony, and a rice-cake toss to finish.
Sources
- OfficialShimanto City Tourism Association www.shimanto-kankou.com
Last checked: Oct 10, 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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