murmurKikuchi Matsubayashi (Kikuchi Shrine Autumn Festival)
Kikuchi City · Kikuchi Matsubayashi Noh Stage (in front of Kikuchi High School)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kikuchi City · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
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- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually mid October
- How the date is set
- Every year on October 13
- Venue
- Kikuchi Matsubayashi Noh Stage (in front of Kikuchi High School)
- City
- Kikuchi City, Kumamoto
About
Matsubayashi is one of the oldest performing arts in Kikuchi and a national cultural property, kept alive by the Omatsubayashi Ono Preservation Society. You can see it every October 13, during the autumn festival of Kikuchi Shrine, at the Kikuchi Matsubayashi Noh Stage across from Kikuchi High School. A record of its origins written in 1757 traces it to the Nanboku-cho period, in the time of Takemitsu, 15th head of the Kikuchi clan, when it was performed at Moriyama Castle, now Kikuchi Shrine, to celebrate the New Year for Prince Kanenaga, sent from the capital as general pacifying the west. The cast is one dancer, a percussion section of two large hand drums and one stick drum, jikata musicians and one assistant. Its old-style movements and plain chanting give a rare window onto how Noh evolved, and it is part of a Japan Heritage story.
Sources
- OfficialKikuchi City www.city.kikuchi.lg.jp
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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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.